the immediate vicinity of a city or town (Nu 35:3,7; Eze 45:2). In 2Ki 23:11 the Hebrew word there used (parvarim) occurs nowhere else. The Revised Version renders it "precincts." The singular form of this Hebrew word (parvar) is supposed by some to be the same as Parbar (q.v.), which occurs twice in 1Ch 26:18.
The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.
He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred [in length] by five hundred [in breadth], square all around; and fifty cubits for its suburbs all around.