פִּרְעָתוֹנִי

piratoni · Pirathonite

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6553 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

piratoni (פִּרְעָתוֹנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Pirathonite”.

A person from Pirathon.

How to say it

pi·ra·to·ni

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. From a town in Ephraim, like the judge Abdon.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Judges 12:13

    After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.

  • Judges 12:15

    And Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

  • 2 Samuel 23:30

    Benaiah, a Pirathonite; Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash;

  • 1 Chronicles 11:31

    Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin; Benaiah the Pirathonite;

  • 1 Chronicles 27:14

    The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.