Lexical Summary parbar or parvar: probably a structure on the west side of Solomon's temple Original Word: פַרְבָּרTransliteration: parbar or parvar Phonetic Spelling: (par-bawr') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: probably a structure on the west side of Solomon's temple Meaning: probably a structure on the west side of Solomon's temple Strong's Concordance Parbar, suburb Or Parvar {par-vawr'}; of foreign origin; Parbar or Parvar, a quarter of Jerusalem -- Parbar, suburb. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6503. parbar or parvar [מַּרְוֶר] noun [masculine] structure (colonnade ?) attached to west side of Solomon's temple; plural מַּרְוָרִים 2 Kings 23:11; apparently same word in singular מַּרְבָּר 1 Chronicles 26:18 (twice in verse) (all with article) (Thes compare Persian open kiosk, summer-house (literally light-bearer). whence perhaps ׳פ as loan-word, compare Mishna מַּרְוָורָא ᵑ7 מַּרְוָאר, מַּרְוָוד, suburd (made up of villas, summer-houses Thes); ׳פ then post-exilic insertion in 2 Kings 23:11; compare further Dr in HastingsDB). |
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