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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 - It happened at the end of two full years, that Par`oh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, 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 - Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - Par`oh spoke to Yosef, "In my dream, behold, I stood on 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 cattle, fat-fleshed and well-favored. They fed in the reed-grass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Par`oh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with kofer. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Par`oh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Par`oh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - Thus says the LORD, "In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on 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 - The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Mitzrim shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Mitzrayim, 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 Mitzrayim, 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 - Moshe and Aharon did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Par`oh, 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 - The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Mitzrim couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - All the Mitzrim dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - Seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck 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 your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Mitzrayim.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moshe said to Par`oh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Walk on before the people, and take the Zakenim of Yisra'el with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - 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 - It shall happen in that day, that the LORD will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Mitzrayim, and for the bee that is in the land of Ashshur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The rivers shall become foul; the streams of Mitzrayim 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 - The fishermen shall lament, and all those who cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters shall languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - On great waters the seed of the Shichor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:10 - Pass through your land as the Nile, 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 the LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which 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 dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:7 - Who is this who rises 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 - Mitzrayim rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the eretz; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Par`oh king of Mitzrayim, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the eretz and to the birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - The land of Mitzrayim shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Because he has 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 you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Mitzrayim an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Seven even to the border of Kush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 - 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, the LORD, have spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniyel, 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 - 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 - 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 to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever 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 - Won't the land tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; And it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - For the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:8 - Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around 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 - He will pass through the sea of affliction, And will strike the waves in the sea, And all the depths of the Nile will dry up; And the pride of Ashshur will be brought down, And the scepter of Mitzrayim will depart.
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