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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2975 matches the Hebrew יְאֹר (yᵊ'ōr),
which occurs 65 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - Now it happened H1961 at the end H7093 of two full H3117 years H8141 that Pharaoh H6547 had H2492 a dream, H2492 and behold, H2009 he was standing H5975 by the Nile. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And lo, H2009 from the Nile H2975 there came H5927 up seven H7651 cows, H6510 sleek H3303 and [fn]fat; H1277 and they grazed H7462 in the marsh H260 grass. H260
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then behold, H2009 seven H7651 other H312 cows H6510 came H5927 up after H310 them from the Nile, H2975 ugly H7451 and [fn]gaunt, H1851 H1320 and they stood H5975 by the other cows H6510 on the bank H8193 of the Nile. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh H6547 spoke H1696 to Joseph, H3130 “In my dream, H2472 behold, H2009 I was standing H5975 on the bank H8193 of the Nile; H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and behold, H2009 seven H7651 cows, H6510 [fn]fat H1277 and sleek H3303 came H5927 up out of the Nile, H2975 and they grazed H7462 in the marsh H260 grass. H260
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh H6547 commanded H6680 all H3605 his people, H5971 saying, H559 “Every H3605 son H1121 who is born H3209 [fn]you are to cast H7993 into the Nile, H2975 and every H3605 daughter H1323 you are to keep H2421 alive.” H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could H3201 hide H6845 him no H3808 longer, H5750 she got H3947 him a [fn]wicker H1573 [fn]basket H8392 and covered H2560 it over with tar H2564 and pitch. H2203 Then she put H7760 the child H3206 into it and set H7760 it among the reeds H5488 by the bank H8193 of the Nile. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - The daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile, H2975 with her maidens H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile; H2975 and she saw H7200 the [fn]basket H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her maid, H519 and she brought H3947 it to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - “But if H518 they will not believe H539 even H1571 these H428 two H8147 signs H226 or heed H8085 what H6963 you say, H6963 then you shall take H3947 some H4480 water H4325 from the Nile H2975 and pour H8210 it on the dry H3004 ground; H3004 and the water H4325 which H834 you take H3947 from the Nile H2975 will become H1961 blood H1818 on the dry H3006 ground.” H3006
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go H1980 to Pharaoh H6547 in the morning H1242 [fn]as he is going H3318 out to the water, H4325 and station H5324 yourself H5324 to meet H7122 him on the bank H8193 of the Nile; H2975 and you shall take H3947 in your hand H3027 the staff H4294 that was turned H2015 into a serpent. H5175
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “By this H2088 you shall know H3045 that I am the LORD: H3068 behold, H2009 I will strike H5221 [fn]the water H4325 that is in the Nile H2975 with the staff H4294 that is in my hand, H3027 and it will be turned H2015 to blood. H1818
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - “The fish H1710 that are in the Nile H2975 will die, H4191 and the Nile H2975 will [fn]become H887 foul, H887 and the Egyptians H4714 will [fn]find H3811 difficulty H3811 in drinking H8354 water H4325 from the Nile.”’” H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Say H559 to Aaron, H175 ‘Take H3947 your staff H4294 and stretch H5186 out your hand H3027 over H5921 the waters H4325 of Egypt, H4714 over H5921 their rivers, H5104 over H5921 their [fn]streams, H2975 and over H5921 their pools, H98 and over H5921 all H3605 their reservoirs H4723 of water, H4325 that they may become H1961 blood; H1818 and there will be blood H1818 throughout all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 both in vessels of wood H6086 and in vessels of stone.’” H68
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 did H6213 even H3651 as the LORD H3068 had commanded. H6680 And he lifted H7311 up [fn]the staff H4294 and struck H5221 the water H4325 that was in the Nile, H2975 in the sight H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 and in the sight H5869 of his servants, H5650 and all H3605 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 was turned H2015 to blood. H1818
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - The fish H1710 that were in the Nile H2975 died, H4191 and the Nile H2975 [fn]became H887 foul, H887 so that the Egyptians H4714 could H3201 not drink H8354 water H4325 from the Nile. H2975 And the blood H1818 was through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - So all H3605 the Egyptians H4714 dug H2658 around H5439 the Nile H2975 for water H4325 to drink, H8354 for they could H3201 not drink H8354 of the water H4325 of the Nile. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - Seven H7651 days H3117 [fn]passed H4390 after H310 the LORD H3068 had struck H5221 the Nile. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile H2975 will swarm H8317 with frogs, H6854 which will come H5927 up and go H935 into your house H1004 and into your bedroom H2315 H4904 and on your bed, H4296 and into the houses H1004 of your servants H5650 and on your people, H5971 and into your ovens H8574 and into your kneading H4863 bowls. H4863
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - [fn]Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Say H559 to Aaron, H175 ‘Stretch H5186 out your hand H3027 with your staff H4294 over H5921 the rivers, H5104 over H5921 the [fn]streams H2975 and over H5921 the pools, H98 and make frogs H6854 come H5927 up on the land H776 of Egypt.’” H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moses H4872 said H559 to Pharaoh, H6547[fn]The honor H6286 is yours to tell me: when H4970 shall I entreat H6279 for you and your servants H5650 and your people, H5971 that the frogs H6854 be [fn]destroyed H3772 from you and your houses, H1004 that they may be left H7604 only H7534 in the Nile?” H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - “The frogs H6854 will depart H5493 from you and your houses H1004 and your servants H5650 and your people; H5971 they will be left H7604 only H7534 in the Nile.” H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Pass H5674 before H6440 the people H5971 and take H3947 with you some H4480 of the elders H2205 of Israel; H3478 and take H3947 in your hand H3027 your staff H4294 with which H834 you struck H5221 the Nile, H2975 and go. H1980
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - “I dug H6979 wells and drank H8354 foreign H2114 waters, H4325
And with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 I [fn]dried H2717 up
All H3605 the rivers H2975 of [fn]Egypt.” H4693
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - “He hews H1234 out channels H2975 through the rocks, H6697
And his eye H5869 sees H7200 anything H3605 precious. H3366
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - And turned H2015 their rivers H2975 to blood, H1818
And their streams, H5140 they could not drink. H8354
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - In that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will whistle H8319 for the fly H2070 that is in the [fn]remotest H7097 part H7097 of the rivers H2975 of Egypt H4714 and for the bee H1682 that is in the land H776 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The [fn]canals H5104 will emit H2186 a stench, H2186
The [fn]streams H2975 of Egypt H4693 will thin H1809 out and dry H2717 up;
The reeds H7070 and rushes H5488 will rot H7060 away. H7060
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 - The bulrushes H6169 by the Nile, H2975 by the [fn]edge H6310 of the Nile H2975
And all H3605 the sown H4218 fields H4218 by the Nile H2975
Will become H3001 dry, H3001 be driven H5086 away, H5086 and be no H369 more. H369
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - And the fishermen H1728 will lament, H578
And all H3605 those who cast H7993 a [fn]line H2443 into the Nile H2975 will mourn, H56
And those who spread H6566 nets H4365 on the waters H4325 will [fn]pine H535 away. H535
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - And were on many H7227 waters. H4325
The grain H2233 of the [fn]Nile, H7883 the harvest H7105 of the River H2975 was her revenue; H8393
And she was the market H5504 of nations. H1471
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:10 - [fn]Overflow H5674 your land H776 like the Nile, H2975 O daughter H1323 of Tarshish, H8659
There H369 is no H369 more H5750 [fn]restraint. H4206
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there H8033 the majestic H117 One, the LORD, H3068 will be for us
A place H4725 of rivers H5104 and wide H7342 canals H2975
On which no H1077 boat H590 with oars H7885 will go, H1980
And on which no H3808 mighty H117 ship H6716 will pass H5674
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - ‘I dug H6979 wells and drank H8354 waters, H4325
And with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 I dried H2717 up
All H3605 the rivers H2975 of [fn]Egypt.’ H4693
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 - Who H4310 is this H2088 that rises H5927 like the Nile, H2975
Like the rivers H5104 whose waters H4325 surge H1607 about?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt H4714 rises H5927 like the Nile, H2975
Even like the rivers H5104 whose waters H4325 surge H1607 about;
And He has said, H559 “I will rise H5927 and cover H3680 that land; H776
I will surely destroy H6 the city H5892 and its inhabitants.” H3427
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - “Speak H1696 and say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068
“Behold, H2009 I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his [fn]rivers, H2975
That has said, H559 ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - “I will put H5414 hooks H2397 in your jaws H3895
And make the fish H1710 of your [fn]rivers H2975 cling H1692 to your scales. H7193
And I will bring H5927 you up out of the midst H8432 of your [fn]rivers, H2975
And all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]rivers H2975 will cling H1692 to your scales. H7193
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - “I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness, H4057 you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]rivers; H2975
You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field; H7704 you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered. H6908
I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the beasts H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - “The land H776 of Egypt H4714 will become H1961 a desolation H8077 and waste. H2723 Then they will know H3045 that I am the LORD. H3068 Because H3282 [fn]you said, H559 ‘The Nile H2975 is mine, and I have made H6213 it,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, H3651 behold, H2009 I am against H413 you and against H413 your [fn]rivers, H2975 and I will make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 an utter H2721 waste H2721 and desolation, H8077 from Migdol H4024 to Syene H5482 and even to the border H1366 of [fn]Ethiopia. H3568
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 - “Moreover, I will make H5414 the Nile H2975 canals H2975 dry H2724
And sell H4376 the land H776 into the hands H3027 of evil H7451 men. H7451
And I will make H8074 the land H776 desolate H8074
And [fn]all H4393 that is in it,
By the hand H3027 of strangers; H2114 I the LORD H3068 have spoken.” H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, H1840 looked H7200 and behold, H2009 two H8147 others H312 were standing, H5975 one H259 on this H2008 bank H8193 of the river H2975 and the other H259 on that bank H8193 of the river. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said H559 to the man H376 dressed H3847 in linen, H906 who H834 was above H4480 H4605 the waters H4325 of the river, H2975 “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will it be until H5704 the end H7093 of these wonders?” H6382
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - I heard H8085 the man H376 dressed H3847 in linen, H906 who H834 was above H4480 H4605 the waters H4325 of the river, H2975 [fn]as he raised H7311 his right H3225 hand H3225 and his left H8040 toward H413 heaven, H8064 and swore H7650 by Him who H2416 lives H2416 forever H5769 that it would be for a [fn]time, H4150 [fn]times, H4150 and half H2677 a [fn]time; and as soon as [fn]they finish H3615 shattering H5310 the [fn]power H3027 of the holy H6944 people, H5971 all H3605 these H428 events will be completed. H3615
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - “Because H5921 of this H2088 will not the land H776 quake H7264
And everyone H3605 who dwells H3427 in it mourn? H56
Indeed, all H3605 of it will rise H5927 up like the Nile, H2975
And it will be tossed H1644 about H1644
And subside H8257 like the Nile H2975 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts, H6635
The One who touches H5060 the land H776 so that it melts, H4127
And all H3605 those who dwell H3427 in it mourn, H56
And all H3605 of it rises H5927 up like the Nile H2975
And subsides H8257 like the Nile H2975 of Egypt; H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:8 - Are you better H3190 than H4480 [fn]No-amon, H4996 H528
Which was situated H3427 by the waters H4325 of the Nile, H2975
With water H4325 surrounding H5439 her,
Whose H834 rampart H2426 was [fn]the sea, H3220
Whose wall H2346 consisted of [fn]the sea? H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - “And they will pass H5674 through the sea H3220 of distress H6869
And He will strike H5221 the waves H1530 in the sea, H3220
So that all H3605 the depths H4688 of the Nile H2975 will dry H3001 up;
And the pride H1347 of Assyria H804 will be brought H3381 down H3381
And the scepter H7626 of Egypt H4714 will depart. H5493
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