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Lexicon :: Strong's H2975 - yᵊ'ōr

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יְאֹר
Transliteration
yᵊ'ōr
Pronunciation
yeh-ore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Egyptian origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 832

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: יאר (Strongs and Gesenius) יאור (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

יְאֹר yᵉʼôr, yeh-ore'; of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria:—brook, flood, river, stream.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H2975 in the following manner: river (53x), brooks (5x), flood (5x), streams (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H2975 in the following manner: river (53x), brooks (5x), flood (5x), streams (1x).

  1. river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal

    1. stream, river (Nile)

    2. Nile-arms, Nile-canals

    3. watercourses

    4. shafts (mining)

    5. river (in general)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְאֹר yᵉʼôr, yeh-ore'; of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria:—brook, flood, river, stream.
STRONGS H2975: Abbreviations
† יְאֹר, יְאוֺר noun masculineExodus 7:21 stream of the Nile, stream, canal (Egyptian loan-word = Egyptian ’iotr, ’io’r, watercourse, Coptic eioor, ior; also ’iotr‘o, ’io’r‘o, Coptic eiero, iaro, Nile, SteindBAs i. 612; in Assyrian ia’uru, stream, ’Iaru’û, river Nile, Idib., Hptib. 171 Jägerib 466) — absolute הַיְאֹר Genesis 41:1 + 37 times; הַיְאוֺר Isaiah 19:8; הַיְאֹ֫רָה Exodus 1:22; יְאוֺר Isaiah 19:7 (3 times in verse) + 2 times; כָּאֹר (err. for כַּיְאֹר) Amos 8:8; construct כִּיאֹר Amos 9:5; כִּיאוֺר Amos 8:8; suffix יְאֹרִי Ezekiel 29:3b (Co יאר, compare Ezekiel 29:9 and Syriac Version Targum); plural יְאֹרִים Exodus 8:1 + 4 times; construct יְאֹרֵי Isaiah 7:18 + 2 times; יְאוֺרֵי 2 Kings 19:24; suffix יְאֹרֶיךָ Ezekiel 29:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 29:5 + Ezekiel 29:4 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) + Ezekiel 29:10 (Co יְאֹרְךָ); יְאֹרָיו Ezekiel 29:3; יְאֹדֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19; Psalm 78:44; —
1. stream of the Nile, river Nile, usually with article Genesis 41:1, 2, 3 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:18; Exodus 1:22; Exodus 2:3, 5 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:15, 17, 18 (3 times in verse); Exodus 7:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:21 (3 times in verse); Exodus 7:24 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:28; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 17:5 (all J E), Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:7 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 19:8; Isaiah 23:3 (|| שִׁחֹר), Isaiah 23:10; Jeremiah 46:7, 8 (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezekiel 29:3b (read יאר, see above), Ezekiel 29:9; Zechariah 10:11; more fully יְאֹר מִצְרַיִם Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5.
2. plural:
a. Nile-arms, Nile-canals, יְאֹרֵי מִצְרַים Isaiah 7:18; יְאֹרֵי מָצוֺר Isaiah 19:6 (|| נְהָרוֺת), Isaiah 37:25 = 2 Kings 19:24; see also Nahum 3:8; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:1 (both P; || נְהָרֹת, אֲגַמִּים, etc.), Psalm 78:44 (|| נֹזְלִים), Ezekiel 29:3, 4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 29:5, 10 + Ezekiel 29:4 MT (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co), Ezekiel 30:12.
b. watercourses in general, יְאֹרִים רַחֲבֵי יָדָ֑יִם Isaiah 33:21 (|| נְהָרִים; compare Late Hebrew יְאוֺר, late Aramaic יְאוֺרָא).
3. shafts, made in mining Job 28:10 (בַּצּוּרוֺת).
4. יְאֹר, singular, of Tigris, Daniel 12:5 (twice in verse); Daniel 12:6, 7 (compare Daniel 10:4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:1; 41:1; 41:2; 41:3; 41:18

Exodus

1:22; 1:22; 2:3; 2:5; 4:9; 7:15; 7:17; 7:18; 7:19; 7:19; 7:20; 7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 8:1; 8:1; 8:5; 8:7; 17:5

2 Kings

19:24; 19:24

Job

28:10

Psalms

78:44; 78:44

Isaiah

7:18; 7:18; 19:6; 19:7; 19:7; 19:8; 19:8; 23:3; 23:10; 33:21; 37:25

Jeremiah

46:7; 46:8

Ezekiel

29:3; 29:3; 29:3; 29:3; 29:4; 29:4; 29:4; 29:4; 29:5; 29:5; 29:9; 29:9; 29:10; 29:10; 30:12

Daniel

10:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7

Amos

8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 9:5; 9:5; 9:5

Nahum

3:8

Zechariah

10:11

H2975

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Strong's Number H2975 matches the Hebrew יְאֹר (yᵊ'ōr),
which occurs 25 times in 17 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born [fn]you are to cast into the Nile H2975, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But she could not hide him any longer. So she took for him [fn]an ark of papyrus reeds and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and put it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile H2975.

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And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile H2975, with her young women walking alongside the Nile H2975; and she saw the [fn]ark among the reeds and sent her maidservant, and she took it to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - “But if it will be that they will not believe even these two signs and that they will not listen to your voice, then you shall take some water from the Nile H2975 and pour it on the dry land; and the water which you take from the Nile H2975 will become blood on the dry land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go to Pharaoh in the morning [fn]as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile H2975; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “By this you shall know that I am Yahweh: behold, I am about to strike [fn]the water that is in the Nile H2975 with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - “And the fish that are in the Nile H2975 will die, and the Nile H2975 will [fn]become foul, and the Egyptians will be weary of drinking water from the Nile H2975.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their [fn]streams H2975, and over their pools and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

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So Moses and Aaron did thus, as Yahweh had commanded. And he raised up [fn]the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile H2975, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile H2975 was turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - And the fish that were in the Nile H2975 died, and the Nile H2975 [fn]became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile H2975. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile H2975 for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile H2975.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - And seven full days [fn]passed after Yahweh had struck the Nile H2975.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “And the Nile H2975 will swarm with frogs, and they will go up and come into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and on your people and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - [fn]Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the [fn]streams H2975 and over the pools, and cause the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses said to Pharaoh, “[fn]May the honor be yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses, that they may remain only in the Nile H2975?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - “And the frogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile H2975.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile H2975, and go.
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