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Lexicon :: Strong's G2166 - euphratēs

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Εὐφράτης
Transliteration
euphratēs (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-frat'-ace
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin, cf פְּרָת (H6578)
Strong’s Definitions

Εὐφράτης Euphrátēs, yoo-frat'-ace; of foreign origin (compare H6578); Euphrates, a river of Asia:—Euphrates.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2166 in the following manner: Euphrates (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2166 in the following manner: Euphrates (2x).

  1. Euphrates = "the good and abounding river"

    1. a large, famous river which rises in the mountains of Armenia Major, flows through Assyria, Syria, Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, and empties into the Gulf of Persia

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Εὐφράτης Euphrátēs, yoo-frat'-ace; of foreign origin (compare H6578); Euphrates, a river of Asia:—Euphrates.
STRONGS G2166:
Εὐφράτης, -ου, ὁ, Euphrates, a large and celebrated river, which rises in the mountains of Armenia Major, flows through Assyria, Syria, Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, and empties into the Persian Gulf, (Hebrew פְּרָת [i. e. (probably) 'the great stream' (Genesis 15:181); cf. Fried. Delitzsch, Wo lag d. Par., p. 169]): Revelation 9:14; Revelation 16:12. [B. D. under the word and references there.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly quoting Genesis 1:18]

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
15:18
Revelation
9:14; 16:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2166 matches the Greek Εὐφράτης (euphratēs),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Antilibanus, and from the great river, the river Euphrates, even as far as the west sea shall be your coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the [fn]extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - And David smote Adraazar the son of Raab king of Suba, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao slew him in Mageddo when he saw him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David smote Adraazar king of Suba of Emath, as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - And Pharao Nechao king of Egypt went up against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates, and king Josias went to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - Take the girdle that is upon thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:5 - So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I had buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - (LXX 26:2) For Egypt, against the Power of Pharao Nechao King of Egypt, who was by the river Euphrates in Charmis, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Joakim king of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - (LXX 26:6) Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - (LXX 26:10) And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - (LXX 28:63) And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt cease from reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates;
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