The meaning of Parvaim in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
par-va'-im (parwayim; Septuagint Pharouaim): The word occurs only in II Chronicles 3:6, as the place from which Solomon obtained gold for the decoration of his Temple. A derivation is given from the Sanskrit purva, "eastern," so that the name might be a vague term for the East (Gesenius, Thesaurus, 1125). Whether there was such a place in arabia is doubtful. Farwa in Yemen has been suggested, and also Saq el Farwain in Yemamah. Some have considered the name a shortened form of Cepharvayim which occurs in the Syriac and Targum Jonathan for the "Sephar" of Genesis 10:30.
A. S. Fulton
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Parvaim {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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