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Parah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far’ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far’ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest. (Joshua 18:23)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PA'RAH (heifer-town), a place in the territory of Benjamin. Josh 18:23. It has been located south-east of Michmash, at the ruined village Farah, at the junction of the Wady Farah with the Wady Suweinit, and about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a cow; increasing
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
PA'RAH (heifer-town), a place in the territory of Benjamin. Josh 18:23. It has been located south-east of Michmash, at the ruined village Farah, at the junction of the Wady Farah with the Wady Suweinit, and about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem. PARALYTIC See Palsy.