Strong's Lexicon

H6578

H6578 — פְּרָת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewPrathnameOccurrences: 19

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6578
Word:	פְּרָת
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to break forth
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	19
Transliteration:	Prath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	per-awth'
Meaning:	1. rushing 2. Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
KJV Renderings:	Euphrates.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6838

פְּרָת proper name, masculine [of a river] Eupharates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu Dl^{Pa.169 ff.}, Whence Old Persian, Ufrâtu , Spieg^{APK 211}); — the greatest river of West Asia; ׳ פ Gen 2:14. ׳ נְהַר פ Gen 15:18 (both secondary phrases in J ), ׳ נְהַר פ also 2Sam 8:3 ( Qr , see נָהָר ), Jer 46:2 ; Jer 46:6; Jer 46:10; Deut 1:7; Deut 11:24; Josh 1:4 ( D ), 2Kgs 23:29; 2Kgs 24:7; 1Chr 5:9 ; 1Chr 18:3 נהר omitted Jer 13:4; Jer 13:5; Jer 13:6; Jer 13:7 (where Ew Hi Marti, after Schick^{ZPV iii. ll,} think of some other פְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) Jer 51:63; 2Chr 35:20 (compare Gen 2:14 above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see ׳ נ.

פֹּרָת Gen 42:22 see [ פָּרָה ].