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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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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The name of the third river is Tigris, which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

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“I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

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“Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Judean foothills,[fn] the Negev and the sea coast ​— ​to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates River.

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“Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River[fn] to the Mediterranean Sea.

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“Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River ​— ​all the land of the Hittites ​— ​and west to the Mediterranean Sea.

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David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.

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During his reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went to confront him, and at Megiddo when Neco saw him he killed him.

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Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, for the king of Babylon took everything that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

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They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.

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David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah at Hamath when he went to establish his control at the Euphrates River.

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After all this that Josiah had prepared for the temple, King Neco of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

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“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing,[fn] and go at once to the Euphrates[fn] and hide it in a rocky crevice.”

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So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

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A long time later the LORD said to me, “Go at once to the Euphrates and get the underwear that I commanded you to hide there.”

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So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined ​— ​of no use at all.

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About Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco, Egypt’s king, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in the fourth year of Judah’s King Jehoiakim son of Josiah:

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The swift cannot flee,

and the warrior cannot escape!

In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,

they stumble and fall.

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That day belongs to the Lord, the GOD of Armies,

a day of vengeance to avenge himself

against his adversaries.

The sword will devour and be satisfied;

it will drink its fill of their blood,

because it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the GOD of Armies,

in the northern land by the Euphrates River.

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“When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

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