Strong’s H5878 · Hebrew

עֵין חֲרֹד
ʻÊyn Chărôd
ane khar-ode'

Definition

En-Charod, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H5869 (עַיִן) and a derivative of H2729 (חָרַד); fountain of trembling;

Where the KJV renders it

  • well of Harod

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