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Parvaim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(eastern). Unknown place whence Solomon shipped gold (2 Chron. 3:6⁶And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. (2 Chronicles 3:6)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

An unknown gold region (2 Chron. 3:6⁶And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. (2 Chronicles 3:6)). Supposed by some to be a general term from the Sanscrit for the East.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6516 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Parvayim

Phonic:

par-vah’-yim

Meaning:

of foreign origin; Parvajim, an Oriental region

KJV Usage:

Parvaim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

he broke their hooks (?)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Fruitful places:―an Oriental region whence Solomon shipped gold [OPHIR], 2 Chron. 3:6. {Loca fertilia}