פישון
Hebrew
Etymology
Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".
Proper noun
פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m
- Pishon, a river of Eden.
- Genesis 2:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב׃
- The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
Usage notes
- Only used once in the Bible, in the passage quoted above.
References
- H6376 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979