Lexicon :: Strong's H5104 - nāhār

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [branching] rivers.

“To your descendants I have given this land,

From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—

“Like valleys that stretch out,

Like gardens beside the river,

Like aloes planted by the LORD,

Like cedars beside the waters.

“Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; remove the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the [Euphrates] River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Then David defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of [fn]Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the River [Euphrates].

[fn]Now Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute (money) and served Solomon all the days of his life.

“The LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the [Euphrates] River, because they have made their [fn]Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his [fn]dominion to the Euphrates River.

When the Arameans (Syrians) saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the [Euphrates] River, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer leading them.

Now I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days. I observed the people and the priests, and I did not find any Levites there.

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our [fn]children, and all our possessions.

We set out from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He rescued us from the hand of the enemy and those who lay in ambushes along the way.

Then I came to the governors of the provinces beyond the [Euphrates] River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent officers of the army and horsemen with me.

“As water evaporates from the sea,

And a river drains and dries up,

“He does not look at the rivers,

The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].

Men who were snatched away before their time,

Whose foundations were poured out like a river?

“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine],

And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;

He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.

For He has founded it upon the seas

And established it upon the streams and the rivers.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

He turned the sea into dry land;

They crossed through the river on foot;

There we rejoiced in Him.

May he also rule from sea to sea

And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.