Strong's Lexicon

H668

H668 — אַפִּריוֹן

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

Hebrewappiryownnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 151b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H668
Word:אַפִּריוֹן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:probably of Egyptian derivation
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:appiryown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ap-pir-yone'
Meaning:1. a palanquin
KJV Renderings:chariot.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB686

אַפִּרְיוֺן noun [masculine] sedan, litter, palanquin (so Late Hebrew; origin dubious; no plausible Shemitic etymology; perhaps (so RS in YuleGlossary of Anglo-Indian words, 502) Sanskrit paryanka , litter-bed, 'palankeen;' perhaps (if poem be late) Greek φορεῖον ; — ᵐ5 has φορεῖον, ᵑ9 ferculum,


Syriac [untranscribed source text 376] (and [untranscribed source text 377]) PS3073; Sota 9:14 and Talmud אַפִּרְיוֺן, Talmud also פּוֺרְיָא and פּוֺרְיוֺן, LevyNHWB i.150, iv. 17.) Song 3:9 עָשָׂה לוֺ הֶמֶּלֶח שְׁלֹמֹה ׳ א.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

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1 Kings 90:58

EHCC: disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
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