Meaning of the name: fearing, or seeing, or throwing down, death. Related names are:
Lachish,
Jerusalem,
Hebron (and others ...)
. The translations of Jarmuth in 18 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Giạt-Mút in Vietnamese to
যর্মূত in Bengali!
Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, (JOS 10:3)
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. (JOS 10:5)
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. (JOS 10:23)
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; (JOS 12:11)
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, (JOS 15:35)
Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities. (JOS 21:29)
And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, (NEH 11:29)