Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰερειχώ ‎(Iereikhṓ)
• Ἱερειχώ ‎(Hiereikhṓ)
• Ἱεριχοῦς ‎(Hierikhoûs)
• Ἰεριχώ ‎(Ierikhṓ)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ierixó/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ierixó/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ieɾixó/

Proper noun

Ῑ̔ερῑχώ • ‎(Hīerīkhṓ) f ‎(genitive Ἱεριχοῦς); third declension

1. Jericho

Inflection

Descendants

• English: Jericho
• Greek: Ιεριχώ ‎(Ierichó)

Usage notes

While Ἱεριχώ is inflected by Josephus, the NT and LXX treat it as indeclinable. The variant Ἰεριχώ ‎(Ierikhṓ) is found on more reliable manuscripts and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.

References

• Bauer lexicon
• “G2410”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979