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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #6891 - צָרְתָן

Transliteration

Tsârᵉthân

Phonetics

tsaw-reth-awn'

Origin

perhaps for (H6868)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Zarthan or Zaretan = "their distress"
1. a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan
  1. site unknown

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

BSB (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

CSB (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

ESV (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

KJV (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

LEB (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

LSB (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

N95 (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

NAS (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Joshua 1

1 Kings 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

צָֽרְתָן proper name, of a location in Jordan valley, near ford, Buhl^{Geogr. 181}; exact site known; Joshua 3:16 (Καθιαιρειν, ᵐ5 of L Καριαθιαρειμ), 1 Kings 7:46 (Σειρα, ᵐ5 of L Σαρθαν) = צְרֵדָ֫תָה 2 Chronicles 4:17 (Αναμε [i.e. ἀνὰ μέσον] σιρδαθαι; Σα(ρι)δαθα; is Chronicles right?); צָֽרְחַ֫נָה 1 Kings 4:12 (Σεσαθαν, ᵐ5 of L Σαρθαν) — compare צְרֵרָתָה Judges 7:22, apparently same place; identity with צְרֵדָה 1 Kings 11:26 is usually assumed, but not proven.

List of Word Forms

צָֽרְתָ֔ן צָרְתַ֜נָה צָרְתָֽן׃ צרתן צרתן׃ צרתנה ṣā·rə·ṯa·nāh ṣā·rə·ṯān ṣārəṯān ṣārəṯanāh tzareTan tzareTanah