Kidron

[ kee-druh n, kid-ruh n ]

/ ˈki drən, ˈkɪd rən /

noun

a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.

Also Kedron.

Example sentences from the Web for kidron

The Kidron Valley wends its way from the eastern side of the Old City, through the Judean Desert, to the Dead Sea.

Losing Jerusalem Sewage Plant Could Prove Longer Term Win for Palestinians |Hillel Cohen |September 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Most, if not all, of the Kidron Valley is located in territory that Israel occupied in 1967.

Losing Jerusalem Sewage Plant Could Prove Longer Term Win for Palestinians |Hillel Cohen |September 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, the sewage continues to flow in the Kidron Valley, and the settlements continue to expand.

Losing Jerusalem Sewage Plant Could Prove Longer Term Win for Palestinians |Hillel Cohen |September 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There is the Kidron brook, the gentle rise of ground, the grove of gnarled knotty old olive trees.

Quiet Talks on Prayer |S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

Following the road southward along the Kidron we arrive at the Fountain of the Virgin, on the west bank of the torrent.

Jerusalem Explored, Volume I--Text |Ermete Pierotti
In the neighbourhood is also a great spring, called the Waters of Siloam, connected with the brook of Kidron.

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela |Benjamin of Tudela
Gethsemane was outside the city on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron; and its position is clearly defined.

Jerusalem Explored, Volume I--Text |Ermete Pierotti
Now they are across the Kidron, and now in among the shadows of the huge olive trees of the garden called Gethsemane.

Quiet Talks on Following the Christ |S. D. Gordon

British Dictionary definitions for kidron

Kidron

/ (ˈkiːdrən) /

noun

a variant of Kedron

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Kidron

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Example sentences from the Web for kidron

British Dictionary definitions for kidron

noun