Topic
Parvaim
2 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Chronicles 3:6Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave An unknown region where gold was found
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
- Genesis 10:30ISBE
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
The name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple (2 Chr. 3:6). Some have identified it with Ophir, but it is uncertain whether it is even the name of a place. It may simply, as some think, denote “Oriental regions.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
par-va'-im (parwayim; Septuagint Pharouaim): The word occurs only in 2Ch 3:6, as the place from which Solomon obtained gold for the decoration of his Temple. A derivation is given from the Sanskrit purva, "eastern," so that the name might be a vague term for the East (Gesenius, Thesaurus, 1125). Whether there was such a place in arabia is doubtful. Farwa in Yemen has been suggested, and also Saq el Farwain in Yemamah. Some have considered the name a shortened form of Cepharvayim which occurs in the Syriac and Targum Jonathan for the "Sephar" of Ge 10:30.
A. S. Fulton
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → An unknown region where gold was found 2Ch 3:6
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.