Bible Concordance Pirathonite (5 Occurrences)Judges 12:13 After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. Judges 12:15 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. 2 Samuel 23:30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash. 1 Chronicles 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 1 Chronicles 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. Thesaurus Pirathonite (5 Occurrences)... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PIRATHON; PIRATHONITE. ...Pirathonite (5 Occurrences). Judges 12:13 After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. ... /p/pirathonite.htm - 9k Pirathon (2 Occurrences) Pira'thon (4 Occurrences) Abdon (8 Occurrences) Benai'ah (43 Occurrences) Benaiah (44 Occurrences) Hillel (2 Occurrences) Valleys (38 Occurrences) Nahale-gaash (2 Occurrences) Judgeth (37 Occurrences) Smith's Bible Dictionary Pirathonitea native of or dweller in Pirathon. Two such are named in the Bible:--
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) Abdon, the son of Hillel, so called, Judges 12:13, 15. (2.) Benaiah the Ephraimite (2 Samuel 23:30), one of David's thirty heroes. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia PIRATHON; PIRATHONITEpir'-a-thon, pir'-a-thon-it (pir`athon, pir`athoni; Codex Vaticanus Pharathom; Codex Alexandrinus Phraathom, Pharathuneites): The home of Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite (Judges 12:13 the King James Version), where also he was buried, "in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekites." The latter name may have clung to a district which at some former time had been held by the Amalekites. From this town also came Benaiah, one of David's chief captains (2 Samuel 23:30 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 27:14). It is probably to be identified with Fer`ata, about 6 miles Southwest of Nablus. A possible rival is Fir`on, 15 miles West of Nablus. G.A. Smith suggests a position at the head of Wady Far`ah (HGHL, 355). Moore thinks it may have been in Benjamin, Abdon being a Benjamite family (1 Chronicles 8:23, 30; 1 Chronicles 9:36). It is just possible that the place may be identical with Pharathon, one of the towns fortified by Bacchides (1 Maccabees 9:50). Strong's Hebrew 6553. Pirathoni -- inhab. of Pirathon... inhab. of Pirathon. Transliteration: Pirathoni Phonetic Spelling: (pir-aw-tho-nee') Short Definition: Pirathonite. ... of Pirathon NASB Word Usage Pirathonite (5). ... /hebrew/6553.htm - 6k Subtopics Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |