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Jericho

Jericho

47 7.4
An ancient city in the West Bank near the Dead Sea, famous in the Old Testament
  • proper noun
translation icon : Jericó
  • The ancient city of Jericho is one of the oldest inhabited places in the world.
  • city of Jericho
  • Battle of Jericho
  • the Jericho area

A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hand of robbers.

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Examples

  • On the first day, the children of Israel stamped around Jericho with gusto.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The others went up to Jericho.

    Priest (2011)

  • How are the city of Jericho and the Dead Sea area alike in terms of climate and elevation?

    Academic text (2001)

  • A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hand of robbers.

    Stanford

  • The Israelites wandered forty years in the wilderness, and God gave them Jericho to rest in righteousness there.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • According to the Bible, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around them.

  • Visitors can explore the archaeological sites near Jericho that date back thousands of years.

Compounds

rose of Jericho
  • Literature
9.8

A desert plant that curls into a ball when dry and opens when wet

Surface Forms

Jericho main

Etymology

Jericho comes from the old Hebrew name Yeriho, which many people think means 'moon' or possibly 'fragrant' from older languages of the area. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine Jericho as the 'city of the moon' or a place of sweet smells, which fits its long history as an ancient city famous in the Bible.