Parath

PAH-rath

What is Parath?

Parath is the Hebrew name of the river the King James text calls Euphrates, where Jeremiah was told to take his girdle and hide it in a hole of the rock (Jeremiah 13:4). He returned after many days, digged, and found the girdle marred and profitable for nothing (Jeremiah 13:7).

Also pronounced

PAY-ruhth