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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4792 - מֵרוֹם

Transliteration

Mêrôwm

Phonetics

may-rome'

Origin

formed like (H4791)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Merom = "high place"
1. the lake in northern Canaan at which Joshua routed the northern confederacy headed by Jabin
  1. site uncertain; probably the lake formed by the Jordan river about 10 miles (16 km) north of the Sea of Galilee

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Joshua 2

BSB (2)

Joshua 2

CSB (2)

Joshua 2

ESV (2)

Joshua 2

KJV (2)

Joshua 2

LEB (2)

Joshua 2

LSB (2)

Joshua 2

N95 (2)

Joshua 2

NAS (2)

Joshua 2

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Joshua 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֵרוֺם proper name, of a location only in מֵי מֵרוֺם Joshua 11:5,7 waters of Merom, in Northern Canaan; = Lake Hule, according to Rel and many, but dubious, compare Di Bäd^{Pal. 3. 259} GASm^{Geogr, 481} Buhl^{Geogr. 113}.

מְרוֺן see שִׁמְרוֺן. מֵרוֺץ, I. [מְרוּצָה] see רוץ.

II. מְרוּצָה see רצץ. [מְרוּקִים] see I. מרק.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מֵרוֹם (“height,” “a high place”), מֵי־מֵרוֹם [waters of Merom], Joshua 11:5, Joshua 11:7 pr.n. of a lake situated in a lofty region at the foot of Mount Lebanon; (Greek Σαμοχωνῖτις, Jos. Antiqu. v. 6 Arab. بحرة احاولة); through which the Jordan flows.

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List of Word Forms

מֵר֔וֹם מֵר֖וֹם מרום mê·rō·wm meRom mêrōwm