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Lexicon :: Strong's H2975 - yᵊ'ōr

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יְאֹר
Transliteration
yᵊ'ōr
Pronunciation
yeh-ore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Egyptian origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 832

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: יאר (Strongs and Gesenius) יאור (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

יְאֹר yᵉʼôr, yeh-ore'; of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria:—brook, flood, river, stream.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H2975 in the following manner: river (53x), brooks (5x), flood (5x), streams (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H2975 in the following manner: river (53x), brooks (5x), flood (5x), streams (1x).

  1. river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal

    1. stream, river (Nile)

    2. Nile-arms, Nile-canals

    3. watercourses

    4. shafts (mining)

    5. river (in general)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְאֹר yᵉʼôr, yeh-ore'; of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria:—brook, flood, river, stream.
STRONGS H2975: Abbreviations
† יְאֹר, יְאוֺר noun masculineExodus 7:21 stream of the Nile, stream, canal (Egyptian loan-word = Egyptian ’iotr, ’io’r, watercourse, Coptic eioor, ior; also ’iotr‘o, ’io’r‘o, Coptic eiero, iaro, Nile, SteindBAs i. 612; in Assyrian ia’uru, stream, ’Iaru’û, river Nile, Idib., Hptib. 171 Jägerib 466) — absolute הַיְאֹר Genesis 41:1 + 37 times; הַיְאוֺר Isaiah 19:8; הַיְאֹ֫רָה Exodus 1:22; יְאוֺר Isaiah 19:7 (3 times in verse) + 2 times; כָּאֹר (err. for כַּיְאֹר) Amos 8:8; construct כִּיאֹר Amos 9:5; כִּיאוֺר Amos 8:8; suffix יְאֹרִי Ezekiel 29:3b (Co יאר, compare Ezekiel 29:9 and Syriac Version Targum); plural יְאֹרִים Exodus 8:1 + 4 times; construct יְאֹרֵי Isaiah 7:18 + 2 times; יְאוֺרֵי 2 Kings 19:24; suffix יְאֹרֶיךָ Ezekiel 29:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 29:5 + Ezekiel 29:4 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) + Ezekiel 29:10 (Co יְאֹרְךָ); יְאֹרָיו Ezekiel 29:3; יְאֹדֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19; Psalm 78:44; —
1. stream of the Nile, river Nile, usually with article Genesis 41:1, 2, 3 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:18; Exodus 1:22; Exodus 2:3, 5 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:15, 17, 18 (3 times in verse); Exodus 7:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:21 (3 times in verse); Exodus 7:24 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:28; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 17:5 (all J E), Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:7 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 19:8; Isaiah 23:3 (|| שִׁחֹר), Isaiah 23:10; Jeremiah 46:7, 8 (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezekiel 29:3b (read יאר, see above), Ezekiel 29:9; Zechariah 10:11; more fully יְאֹר מִצְרַיִם Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5.
2. plural:
a. Nile-arms, Nile-canals, יְאֹרֵי מִצְרַים Isaiah 7:18; יְאֹרֵי מָצוֺר Isaiah 19:6 (|| נְהָרוֺת), Isaiah 37:25 = 2 Kings 19:24; see also Nahum 3:8; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:1 (both P; || נְהָרֹת, אֲגַמִּים, etc.), Psalm 78:44 (|| נֹזְלִים), Ezekiel 29:3, 4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 29:5, 10 + Ezekiel 29:4 MT (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co), Ezekiel 30:12.
b. watercourses in general, יְאֹרִים רַחֲבֵי יָדָ֑יִם Isaiah 33:21 (|| נְהָרִים; compare Late Hebrew יְאוֺר, late Aramaic יְאוֺרָא).
3. shafts, made in mining Job 28:10 (בַּצּוּרוֺת).
4. יְאֹר, singular, of Tigris, Daniel 12:5 (twice in verse); Daniel 12:6, 7 (compare Daniel 10:4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:1; 41:1; 41:2; 41:3; 41:18

Exodus

1:22; 1:22; 2:3; 2:5; 4:9; 7:15; 7:17; 7:18; 7:19; 7:19; 7:20; 7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 8:1; 8:1; 8:5; 8:7; 17:5

2 Kings

19:24; 19:24

Job

28:10

Psalms

78:44; 78:44

Isaiah

7:18; 7:18; 19:6; 19:7; 19:7; 19:8; 19:8; 23:3; 23:10; 33:21; 37:25

Jeremiah

46:7; 46:8

Ezekiel

29:3; 29:3; 29:3; 29:3; 29:4; 29:4; 29:4; 29:4; 29:5; 29:5; 29:9; 29:9; 29:10; 29:10; 30:12

Daniel

10:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7

Amos

8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 9:5; 9:5; 9:5

Nahum

3:8

Zechariah

10:11

H2975

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Strong's Number H2975 matches the Hebrew יְאֹר (yᵊ'ōr),
which occurs 65 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored; and they fed in the reed-grass:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had smitten the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 -
He cutteth out channels among the rocks;
And his eye seeth every precious thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 -
And turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 - The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:10 - Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 - Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 - And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:8 - Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.
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