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Lexicon :: Strong's H5104 - nāhār

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נָהָר
Transliteration
nāhār
Pronunciation
naw-hawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1315a

Strong’s Definitions

נָהָר nâhâr, naw-hawr'; from H5102; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity:—flood, river.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 120x

The KJV translates Strong's H5104 in the following manner: river (98x), flood (18x), streams (2x), Aramnaharaim (with H763) (1x), river side (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 120x
The KJV translates Strong's H5104 in the following manner: river (98x), flood (18x), streams (2x), Aramnaharaim (with H763) (1x), river side (1x).

  1. stream, river

    1. stream, river

    2. (underground) streams

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָהָר nâhâr, naw-hawr'; from H5102; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity:—flood, river.
STRONGS H5104: Abbreviations
נָהָר 120> noun masculineGenesis 2:10 stream, river; — absolute נ׳ Genesis 2:10 +; construct נְהַר Deuteronomy 1:7 +; plural נְהָרִים Isaiah 18:27 + 4 times, construct נַהֲרֵי Isaiah 18:1 + 2 times; but oftener נְהָר(וֺ)ת Isaiah 19:6 + 23 times; construct נַהֲרוֺת 2 Kings 5:12 + 2 times; suffix נַהֲרוֺהֶיךָ Ezekiel 32:2, נַהֲרֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 44:27, נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ Ezekiel 31:4, 15, נַהֲרֹתָם Exodus 7:19, נַהֲרוֺתָם Ezekiel 32:2, 14; apparently dual נַהֲרַיִם Genesis 24:10 + 2 times, נַהֲרָ֑יִם Judges 3:8 (see below) (all in אֲרַם נ׳); —
1. stream, river, Numbers 24:6 (JE), Job 14:11; Job 40:23; Psalm 105:41 (in simile), Isaiah 48:18 (id.), Isaiah 59:19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; rivers of Eden Genesis 2:10 and its branches Genesis 2:13; Genesis 2:14 (all J); נְהַר מִצְרַיִם Genesis 15:18 (J; i.e., si vera lectio, the Nile) but read probably נַחַל מ׳, whence נהר through influence of following נהר — compare 2 Kings 24:7 — NöZMG xi.1886, 699 (alternative), LagBN 140 BallHpt; נָהָר of Nile Isaiah 19:5; especially of Euphrates פְּרָת נְהַר Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7 (both + הַגָּדוֺל הַנּ׳) Joshua 1:4 + 8 times + 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr Greek Version of the LXX and || 1 Chronicles 18:3; Kt omit פְּרָת; — compare also Genesis 2:14b above); oftener (of Euphrates) without הַנָּהָר ׃פ׳ κατ’ ἐξοχήν, Genesis 31:21; Exodus 23:31; Numbers 22:5; Joshua 24:2, 3, 14, 15 (all E), possibly also Genesis 36:37 (P; compare Di) = 1 Chronicles 1:48, + 13 times + 2 Samuel 8:3 Kt (see above); and even without article (poetry) † Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 2:18; Micah 7:12; Zechariah 9:10; Psalm 72:8; הַגּ׳ הַנּ׳ once of Tigris † Daniel 10:4; † נְהַר גוֺזָן (חבור) 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 compare 2 Chron 5:26; plural נַהֲרֵי בוּשׁ Zephaniah 3:10; perhaps of a canal: נְהַרכְּֿבָר Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 1:3, + 6 times Ezekiel; הַנָּהָר אַהֲלוא Ezra 8:21, נְהַר א׳ Ezra 8:31; compare נַהֲרוֺת בָּבֶל Psalm 137:1; canals possibly also in שַׁעֲרֵי הַנּ׳ Nahum 2:7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Exodus 7:19 (|| יְאֹרִים etc.), Exodus 8:1 (|| id.).
2. נְהָרוֺת (מִבְּכִי) Job 28:11 usually understood of (underground) streams; SzoldComm. Job GrMonatsschr.1887, 410 and PerlesAnalekten 69 proposes נ׳ נִבְכֵ׳ sources of rivers (compare Job 36:16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu נ׳ מַבְּכֵ׳ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning.
3. figurative of י׳'s favour Psalm 46:5. — On נַהֲרַיִם ending apparently dual, see אֲרַם; Tel Amarna Na-ri-ma, Naḫrima (WklTel Am. 40*), and Egyptian Nhrina (WMMAs. u. Eur. 249ff.) point however to original ending יִ֯ם; this inconsistent with view of EMeyGeschichte. § 180 that יִַ֯ם here a locative ending (compare Ba§ 194 c. Anm. l BuhlGes 12), see also DiGenesis 24:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:10; 2:10; 2:10; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 15:18; 15:18; 24:10; 24:10; 31:21; 36:37

Exodus

7:19; 7:19; 8:1; 23:31

Numbers

22:5; 24:6

Deuteronomy

1:7; 1:7

Joshua

1:4; 24:2; 24:3; 24:14; 24:15

Judges

3:8

2 Samuel

8:3; 8:3

2 Kings

5:12; 17:6; 18:11; 24:7

1 Chronicles

1:48; 18:3

Ezra

8:21; 8:31

Job

14:11; 28:11; 36:16; 40:23

Psalms

46:5; 72:8; 105:41; 137:1

Isaiah

7:20; 18:1; 19:5; 19:6; 44:27; 48:18; 59:19

Jeremiah

2:18

Ezekiel

1:1; 1:3; 31:4; 31:15; 32:2; 32:2; 32:14

Daniel

10:4

Micah

7:12

Nahum

2:7

Zephaniah

3:10

Zechariah

9:10

H5104

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Strong's Number H5104 matches the Hebrew נָהָר (nāhār),
which occurs 119 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:10–Psa 72:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river went out of `Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - The name of the second river is Gichon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Kush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Ashshur. The fourth river is the Perat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day the LORD made a covenant with Avram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Mitzrayim to the great river, the river Perat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gil`ad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - Samlah died, and Sha'ul of Rechovot by the river, reigned in his place.

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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 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 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - I will set your border from the Sea of Suf even to the sea of the Pelishtim, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - He sent messengers to Bil`am the son of Be'or, to Petor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Mitzrayim: behold, they cover the surface of the eretz, and they abide over against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which the LORD has planted, As cedar trees beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amori, and to all the places near thereunto, in the `Aravah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Kana`anim, and Levanon, as far as the great river, the river Perat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Levanon, from the river, the river Perat, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From the wilderness, and this Levanon, even to the great river, the river Perat, all the land of the Hitti, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - Yehoshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terach, the father of Avraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - I took your father Avraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Kana`an, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Yitzchak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Mitzrayim; and serve you the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - If it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amori, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David struck also Hadad`ezer the son of Rechov, king of Tzovah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - Hadad`ezer sent, and brought out the Aram who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shovakh the captain of the host of Hadad`ezer at their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21 - Shlomo ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Pelishtim, and to the border of Mitzrayim: they brought tribute, and served Shlomo all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tifsach even to `Aza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had shalom on all sides round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - For the LORD will strike Yisra'el, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Yisra'el out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Aren't Amanah and Parpar, the rivers of Dammesek, better than all the waters of Yisra'el? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Ashshur took Shomron, and carried Yisra'el away to Ashshur, and placed them in Halach, and on the Havor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Madai.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - The king of Ashshur carried Yisra'el away to Ashshur, and put them in Halach, and on the Havor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Madai,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days Par`oh-Nekho king of Mitzrayim went up against the king of Ashshur to the river Perat: and king Yoshiyahu went against him; and Par`oh-Nekho killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - The king of Mitzrayim didn't come again out of his land any more; for the king of Bavel had taken, from the brook of Mitzrayim to the river Perat, all that pertained to the king of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:48 - Samlah died, and Sha'ul of Rechovot by the River reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Perat, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gil`ad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - The God of Yisra'el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashshur, and the spirit of Tilgat-Pilne'eser king of Ashshur, and he carried them away, even the Re'uveni, and the Gadi, and the half-tribe of Menashsheh, and brought them to Halach, and Havor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David struck Hadad`ezer king of Tzovah to Hamat, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Perat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - When the Aram saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra'el, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Aram who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadad`ezer at their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Pelishtim, and to the border of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the Kohanim, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Yerushalayim: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Yehudah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next to them repaired Melatyah the Giv`oni, and Yadon the Meronotite, the men of Giv`on, and of Mitzpah, that appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16 - Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Yarden swells even to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, The holy place of the tents of Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, From the River to the ends of the eretz.

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