Parah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Pa'rah. (Heifer-Town). One of the cities, in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest.  Joshua 18:23.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city allotted to Benjamin ( Joshua 18:23). Now Farah , the Wady Farah being an offshoot of the wady Suweinit.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Parah A city in Benjamin (  Joshua 18:23 ). Now the ruin Fârah , near the head of the Valley of Michmash.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in Benjamin.  Joshua 18:23 . Identified with ruins at Farah , 31 50' N, 35 18' E.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 18:23 parath  Jeremiah 13:4-7

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 18:23

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Parah', פָּרָה [with the article], Heifer ; Sept. Φαρά v. r. Ἀφάρ ), a city of the tribe of Benjamin, named in the north-eastern group between Avim and Ophrah ( Joshua 18:23). Buckingham ( Travels , p. 312) heard of a village named Farah, which Robinson, however, could not find; but the name exists farther to the south-east attached to the Wady el-Farah, one of the southern branches of the great Wady Suweinit, and to a site of ruins at the junction of the same with the main valley (Ritter, Pal. U. Syrien , 3:529). This identification is supported by Van de Velde (Memoir, p. 339) and Schwarz (Palestine, p. 126). The drawback mentioned by Dr. Robinson (Researches, 2:112), namely, that the Arabic word: ("mouse") differs in signification from the Hebrew ("the cow") is not of much force, since it is the habit of modern names to cling to similarity of sound with the ancient names, rather than of signification (Beit-ur, el-Aal, etc.). A view of the valley is given by Barclay (City of the Great King, p. 558), who proposes it for AENON (See Aenon) (q.v.); but he incorrectly interprets the name ("valley of delight").

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pā´ra , par´a ( הפּרה , ha - pārāh  ; Codex Vaticanus Φαρά , Phará  ; Codex Alexandrinus Ἀφάρ , Aphár ): A city named as in the territory of Benjamin between Avvim and Ophrah (  Joshua 18:23 ). It may with some confidence be identified with Fārah on Wâdy Fārah , which runs into Wâdy Suweinı̄ṭ , about 3 miles Northeast of ‛Anata .