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Lexicon :: Strong's H7883 - šîḥôr

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שִׁיחוֹר
Transliteration
šîḥôr
Pronunciation
shee-khore'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from שָׁחַר (H7835)
Strong’s Definitions

שִׁיחוֹר Shîychôwr, shee-khore'; or שִׁחוֹר Shichôwr; or שִׁחֹר Shichôr; probably from H7835; dark, i.e. turbid; Shichor, a stream of Egypt:—Shihor, Sihor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H7883 in the following manner: Sihor (3x), Shihor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H7883 in the following manner: Sihor (3x), Shihor (1x).

  1. Shihor or Sihor = "dark"

    1. a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁיחוֹר Shîychôwr, shee-khore'; or שִׁחוֹר Shichôwr; or שִׁחֹר Shichôr; probably from H7835; dark, i.e. turbid; Shichor, a stream of Egypt:—Shihor, Sihor.
STRONGS H7883: Abbreviations
† שִׁיחוֺר proper name, of a river on border of Egypt, probably east branch of Nile; — הַשּׁ׳ Joshua 13:3, מִצְרַיִם שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 13:5; clearly = Nile, זֶרַע שִׁחֹר Isaiah 23:3 (|| יְאוֺר קְצִיר), מֵי שִׁחוֺר Jeremiah 2:18; compare DlPa 311 WilsonHast. DB SHIHOR (usually derived from I. שׁחר, as black water, but doubtful).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

13:3

1 Chronicles

13:5

Isaiah

23:3

Jeremiah

2:18

H7883

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7883 matches the Hebrew שִׁיחוֹר (šîḥôr),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile[fn] was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile[fn]? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?
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