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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 - Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - The name of the third river is Hiddekel;[fn] it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed toward the mountains of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - And when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - “And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River.[fn] 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 - Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River[fn] in the land of the sons of his people,[fn] to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - Like valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens by the riverside,
Like aloes planted by the LORD,
Like cedars beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain,[fn] in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea,[fn] shall be your territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - “From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River[fn] in old times; and they served other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - ‘Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - “And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, 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 also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - Then Hadadezer[fn] sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River,[fn] and they came to Helam. And Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21 - So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River[fn] to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon 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 of the River[fn] from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - “For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River,[fn] because they have made their wooden images,[fn] provoking the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - “Are not the Abanah[fn] and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could 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 Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he confronted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:48 - And when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, Tiglath-Pileser[fn] king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David defeated Hadadezer[fn] king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - Now when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond the River,[fn] and Shophach[fn] the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - So he reigned over all the kings from the River[fn] to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River,[fn] that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the residence[fn] of the governor of the region beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He will not see the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16 - Who were cut down before their time,
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He dams up the streams from trickling;
What is hidden he brings forth to light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

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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 will rejoice 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,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.

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