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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt[fn] to the great Euphrates River—

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] I will hand over to you the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah and his army marched out to fight him,[fn] but King Neco[fn] killed him when they met at Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - The king of Egypt did not venture out of his country after that, for the king of Babylon captured the entire area formerly claimed by Egypt—from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - And since they had so many livestock in the land of Gilead, they spread east toward the edge of the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, as far as Hamath,[fn] when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After Josiah had finished restoring the Temple, King Neco of Egypt led his army up from Egypt to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River, and Josiah and his army marched out to fight him.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - “Take the linen loincloth you are wearing, and go to the Euphrates River.[fn] Hide it there in a hole in the rocks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:5 - So I went and hid it by the Euphrates as the LORD had instructed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - A long time afterward the LORD said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told you to hide there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - This message concerning Egypt was given in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, the king of Judah, on the occasion of the battle of Carchemish[fn] when Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, and his army were defeated beside the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “The swiftest runners cannot flee;
the mightiest warriors cannot escape.
By the Euphrates River to the north,
they stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
in the north country beside the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.
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