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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 that day the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the [fn]Euphrates H5104 (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - “Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the [fn]Euphrates, H5104
Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD will [fn]utterly destroy
The tongue of the [fn]Sea of Egypt;
And He will wave His hand over the [fn]River H5104
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over [fn]dry-shod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers H5104 of [fn]Cush,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation [fn]tall and smooth,
To a people feared [fn]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers H5104 divide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts
[fn]From a people [fn]tall and smooth,
Even from a people feared [fn]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers H5104 divide—
To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, even Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river H5104 will be parched and dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The [fn]canals H5104 will emit a stench,
The [fn]streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
The reeds and rushes will rot away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - In that day the LORD will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates H5104 to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us
A place of rivers H5104 and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - “I will open rivers H5104 on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - “I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers H5104 into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2 - “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, H5104 they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers H5104 in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - “The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers H5104 in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - “It is I who says to the depth of the sea, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your rivers H5104 dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2 - “Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil, strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - “If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your [fn]well-being would have been like a river, H5104
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - “Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers H5104 a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - So they will fear the name of the LORD from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a [fn]rushing stream H5104
Which the wind of the LORD drives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus says the LORD, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, H5104
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will [fn]be nursed, you will be carried on the [fn]hip and fondled on the knees.
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