Tsaretan צָֽרְתָן
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| צָֽרְתָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsaretan |
| Strong's number | H6891 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Zarethan |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Kings (2) |
Tsaretan (Hebrew צָֽרְתָן, Strong's H6891) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Zarethan”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
§ Zarthan or Zaretan = "their distress"
a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan
a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | zaretan (1), zartanah (1), zarthan (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | zarethan (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsaretan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 4:12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Kings 7:46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).