Strong's Hebrew · H5104

H5104 nâhâr

נָהָר

naw-hawr'

River

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nâhâr appears 119 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:10 and Exodus 8:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity

In the King James Version

flood, river.

Derivation

from H5102 (נָהַר);

Appears 119 times in Scripture

Genesis 36:37

“When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.”

Exodus 8:5

“And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’””

Genesis 2:13

“The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.”

Genesis 2:10

“Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:”

Genesis 15:18

“On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—”

Genesis 31:21

“So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.”

Genesis 2:14

“The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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