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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 21 times in 21 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, H5104 by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, H5104 strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, H5104 and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers H5104 of Ethiopia:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers H5104 have spoiled!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers H5104 have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river H5104 shall be wasted and dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And they shall turn the rivers H5104 far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river H5104 unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers H5104 and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will open rivers H5104 in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers H5104 islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, H5104 they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers H5104 in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers H5104 in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2 - Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, H5104 and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers H5104 a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, H5104 the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, H5104 and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
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