Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6891
צָֽרְתָן
tsa.re.tan · “Zarethan”
Used 3 times across 2 books
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
Where it appears
Joshua1
1 Kings2
In the text
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.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:1 Kings 7:46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
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