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Kidron — the meaning of the Hebrew name קִדְרוֹן

קִדְרוֹן

Qidrôwn · pronounced kid-rone' · Strong's H6939 · a people

Kidron means dusky place.

Built from

קָדַר qâdar (from, H6937) — to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H6937; dusky place; Kidron, a brook near Jerusalem.

First appearance

2Sam 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. (KJV)

Every verse that names Kidron

10 occurrences in 10 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah

2Sam 15:231Kgs 2:371Kgs 15:132Kgs 23:42Kgs 23:62Kgs 23:122Chr 15:162Chr 29:162Chr 30:14Jer 31:40

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