Bible Dictionary

Parah

The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far’ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far’ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far’ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far’ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

PA'RAH (heifer-town), a place in the territory of Benjamin. Josh 18:23. It has been located south-east of Michmash, at the ruined village Farah, at the junction of the Wady Farah with the Wady Suweinit, and about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

a cow; increasing

Schaff's Bible Dictionary

PA'RAH (heifer-town), a place in the territory of Benjamin. Josh 18:23. It has been located south-east of Michmash, at the ruined village Farah, at the junction of the Wady Farah with the Wady Suweinit, and about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem. PARALYTIC See Palsy.