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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 Box Gen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River -

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Get up now, resume your journey, heading for the Amorite hill country, to all its areas including the arid country, the highlands, the Shephelah, the Negev, and the coastal plain - all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish his authority over the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - During Josiah's reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority to the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - "Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:5 - So I went and buried them at Perath as the LORD had ordered me to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - Many days later the LORD said to me, "Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord GOD who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
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