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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 - And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - and the name of the third river is Hiddekel, it is that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face toward the mount of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Saul from Rehoboth of the River;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand against the waters of Egypt, against their streams, against their rivers, and against their ponds, and against all their collections of waters; and they are blood -- and there hath been blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in those of stone.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand, with thy rod, against the streams, against the rivers, and against the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - and he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, 'Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth is yours; from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Phrat, even unto the farther sea is your border;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea -- the going in of the sun -- is your border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - And Joshua saith unto all the people, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - 'And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which are beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River Euphrates;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - and Hadadezer sendeth, and bringeth out Aram which is beyond the River, and they come in to Helam, and Shobach head of the host of Hadadezer is before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21 - And Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River to the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?' and he turneth and goeth on in fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - and the king of Asshur removeth Israel to Asshur, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in cities of the Medes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt hath not added any more to go out from his own land, for the king of Babylon hath taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Phrat, all that had been to the king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:48 - and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Shaul from Rehoboth of the River;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - and at the east he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness, even from the river Phrat, for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - and stir up doth the God of Israel the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur, and he removeth them -- even the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh -- and bringeth them in to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and the river of Gozan unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - And Aram seeth that they have been smitten before Israel, and send messengers, and bring out Aram that is beyond the River, and Shophach head of the host of Hadarezer is before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river, and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I say to the king, 'If to the king it be good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And by their hand hath Melatiah the Gibeonite strengthened, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16 - Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

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