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Lexicon :: Strong's H5158 - naḥal

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נַחַל
Transliteration
naḥal
Pronunciation
nakh'-al
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From נָחַל (H5157) in its original sense
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TWOT Reference: 1343a,1343b

Strong’s Definitions

נַחַל nachal, nakh'-al; or (feminine) נַחְלָה nachlâh; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה nachălâh; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine):—brook, flood, river, stream, valley.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5158 in the following manner: river (56x), brook (46x), valley (23x), stream (11x), flood (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5158 in the following manner: river (56x), brook (46x), valley (23x), stream (11x), flood (5x).
  1. torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley

    1. torrent

    2. torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)

    3. shaft (of mine)

  2. palm-tree

    1. meaning dubious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נַחַל nachal, nakh'-al; or (feminine) נַחְלָה nachlâh; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה nachălâh; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine):—brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
STRONGS H5158: Abbreviations
† I. נַ֫חַל noun masculine 2 Kings 3:16 torrent, torrent-valley, wady (Ecclus 40:13; 40:16; Late Hebrew id., stream (rare); Targum נַחְלָא bdb063601, = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian naḫlu = Biblical Hebrew; LagBN 140 Anm. thinks Νεῖλος may be from Νεέλ = נַחַל pronounced *נִהִל; on נ׳ in Sabean proper name, of a location, see HalRev. Sémit. Iv (1896), 80, 1, 14); — absolute נ׳ Genesis 32:24 +, נַ֫חְלָה Psalm 124:4; construct נַחַל Genesis 26:17 +; with ה locative, Genesis 34:5 so read also Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 (where MT נַחֲלָ֫ה; see Thes); dual נַחֲלַיִם Ezekiel 47:9, but read הַנַּחַל Greek Version of the LXX. Targum Syriac Version Vulgate Co Berthol; plural נְחָלִים Numbers 21:4 +; נַחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 8:7 +; suffix נְחֶלֶיהָ Isaiah 34:9; —
1. torrent, of rushing water in narrow channel Judges 5:21 (3 times in verse); Judges 4:7, 13; Psalm 83:10 (all of קִישֹׁן, which see); mountain torrent Deuteronomy 9:21 (compare Exodus 32:20); so Amos 5:24 (simile of righteousness); הַשּׁוֺטֵף הַנּ׳ 2 Chronicles 32:4 (|| מַעְיָנוֺת); לְזֶפֶת נ׳ נֶהְפְּכוּ Isaiah 34:9; simile of tears Lamentations 2:18; hyperb.שָֿׁ֑מֶן נ׳ Micah 6:7 torrents of oil, compare of honey and curd Job 20:17 (|| פְּלַגּוֹת, נְהָרִים); figurativeבְלִיַּעַל נ׳ 2 Samuel 22:5 torrents of worthlessness (|| מִשְׁבְּרֵי מָ֫וֶת), = Psalm 18:5; שׁוֺטֵף נ׳ simile of glory of nations Isaiah 66:12, figurative of invaders Jeremiah 47:2 (|| מַיִס), or foes Psalm 124:4 (נַ֫חְלָה, see above); 1 Kings 17:4, 6 (for drinking), drying up in summer 1 Kings 17:7 (יָבֵשׁ; all of Elijah's stream כְּרִית, which see); for drinking also Psalm 110:7, and (figurative) עֲדָנֶיךָ נ׳ Psalm 36:9; Job 6:15 (twice in verse) (אֲפִיק נְחָלִים; in simile); of water bursting from rock Psalm 78:20 (שָׁטַף, || מַיִם), compare Psalm 74:15 (+ מַעְיָן); figurative of מְקוֺר חָכְמָה Proverbs 18:4 (נֹבֵּעַ נ׳; || מַיִם עֲמֻקִים); more generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late) Isaiah 11:15 (divisions of river, נָהָר) in desert Isaiah 35:6 (|| מַיִם), Jeremiah 31:9 (נַחֲלֵי מַיִם), Ezekiel 47:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:9b (all strike out Co), Ezekiel 47:6; Ezekiel 47:7; Ezekiel 47:9a (readהַנַּחַל, see above), Ezekiel 47:12; containing fish, etc. Leviticus 11:9, 10 (|| מַיִם, יַמִּים), Ecclesiastes 1:7 (twice in verse); figurative רוּחַ י׳, Isaiah 30:28 (שׁוֺטֵף נ׳, Isaiah 30:33 (גָּפְרִית נ׳).
2. Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed 1 Samuel 17:40; Nehemiah 2:15; Isaiah 57:6; with torrent flowing through it, אֵיתָן נ׳ Deuteronomy 21:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:6, אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מַיִם Deuteronomy 8:7 (|| עֲיָנֹת וּתְהֹמֹת יֹּצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה), compare Deuteronomy 10:7, 1 Kings 18:5 (|| מַעְיְנֵי הַמַיִם), Psalm 104:10; abode of Elijah 1 Kings 17:3, 5 (compare 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 17:7 above); עֹרְבֵי נ׳ Proverbs 30:17 (compare 1 Kings 17:4, 6); הַבַּתּוֺת נ׳ Isaiah 7:19 as home of bees; fertile, אֶשְׁכֹּל נ׳ Numbers 13:23, 24 (E); אִבֵּי הַנּ׳ Songs 6:11; עַרְבֵינֿ׳ poplars of the wady Leviticus 23:40 (H), Job 40:22; עֲרָבִים נ׳ Isaiah 15:7; needing water Genesis 26:17 (גְּרָר נ׳), Genesis 26:19 (J), compare 2 Kings 3:16, 17; place for refuse, ruins, etc. 2 Samuel 17:13; in poetry also as wild, remote ravine Job 30:6, compare בְּצוּר הַנְּחָלִים Job 22:24; place of child-sacrifice Isaiah 57:5; burial-place Job 21:33 (רִגְבֵי נ׳), — Numbers 24:6 see II. נַ֫חַל.
Particular wadys designate localities: אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:14 (E), Deuteronomy 2:24, 36 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:8, 12, 16 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:1, 2(twice in verse); Joshua 13:9 (twice in verse) (all D), Joshua 13:16; Joshua 13:16 (P), 2 Kings 10:33; אֶשְׁכֹּל Numbers 32:9 (J), Deuteronomy 1:24 בְּשׂוֺר 1 Samuel 30:9, 10, 21; גָּד 2 Samuel 24:5; זֶרֶד Numbers 21:12 (E), Deuteronomy 2:13 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:14; יַכֹּק Genesis 32:24 (J), Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2 (all D); קִדְרוֺן 2 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 18:40; 1Ki 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:12; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jeremiah 31:40; קָנָה Joshua 16:8; Joshua 17:9 (3 times in verse) (all P); שׂוֺרֵק Judges 16:4; הַשִּׁטִּים נ׳ Joel 4:18; נ׳ מִצְרַיִם is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian naḫal [mat] Muṣri, Dl Par. 310 SchrCOT Numbers 34:5) Numbers 34:5 (P), Joshua 15:4 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7, 2; Chron 2 Kings 7:8; Isaiah 27:12, + (omit מצרים) Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 (see above); so read also possibly Amos 6:14 (see עֲרָבָה : usually identified with Wâdy el-Arîsh; on Wkl's different view, see references below מִצְרַיִם near the end); on identification of נ׳ Joshua 15:7; Joshua 19:11 (both P), 2 Samuel 23:30 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; 2 Chronicles 20:16; 33:14, see Commentaries; אָשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים Numbers 21:15, see אֶשֶׁד.
3. Miner's shaft, נ׳ פָּרַץ Job 28:4.

† II. [נַ֫חַל] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic bdb063602, noun of individual meaning bdb063603; see PerlesJQ, July, 1899, 688); — only plural absolute, כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּ֑יוּ Numbers 24:6 like palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So Perlesl.c., who compares כערבי נחל Ecclus 50:12e, Greek Version of the LXX ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:17; 26:17; 26:19; 32:24; 32:24; 34:5

Exodus

32:20

Leviticus

11:9; 11:10; 23:40

Numbers

13:23; 13:24; 21:4; 21:12; 21:14; 21:15; 24:6; 24:6; 32:9; 34:5; 34:5

Deuteronomy

1:24; 2:13; 2:14; 2:24; 2:36; 2:37; 3:8; 3:12; 3:16; 3:16; 4:48; 8:7; 8:7; 9:21; 10:7; 21:4; 21:6

Joshua

12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 13:9; 13:16; 13:16; 15:4; 15:7; 15:47; 16:8; 17:9; 19:11

Judges

4:7; 4:13; 5:21; 16:4

1 Samuel

17:40; 30:9; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

15:23; 17:13; 22:5; 23:12; 23:30; 24:5

1 Kings

2:37; 8:65; 15:13; 17:3; 17:4; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 18:5; 18:40

2 Kings

3:16; 3:16; 3:17; 7:8; 10:33; 24:2; 24:7

1 Chronicles

11:32

2 Chronicles

15:16; 20:16; 29:16; 30:14; 32:4; 33:14

Nehemiah

2:15

Job

6:15; 20:17; 21:33; 22:24; 28:4; 30:6; 40:22

Psalms

18:5; 36:9; 74:15; 78:20; 83:10; 104:10; 110:7; 124:4; 124:4

Proverbs

18:4; 30:17

Ecclesiastes

1:7

Song of Songs

6:11

Isaiah

7:19; 11:15; 15:7; 27:12; 30:28; 30:33; 34:9; 34:9; 35:6; 57:5; 57:6; 66:12

Jeremiah

31:9; 31:40; 47:2

Lamentations

2:18

Ezekiel

47:5; 47:6; 47:7; 47:9; 47:9; 47:9; 47:12; 47:19; 47:19; 48:28; 48:28

Amos

5:24; 6:14

Micah

6:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5158 matches the Hebrew נַחַל (naḥal),
which occurs 141 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 22:5–Isa 15:7)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:5 -

“For the waves of death encompassed me;

The torrents H5158 of [fn]vileness terrorized me;

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30 - Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks H5158 of Gaash,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:5 - And they crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley H5158 of Gad and toward Jazer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 - “Now it will be on the day you go out and cross over the [fn]brook H5158 Kidron, that you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 -

So Solomon celebrated the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from [fn]Lebo-hamath to the brook H5158 of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - [fn]He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook H5158 Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook H5158 Cherith, which is [fn]east of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - “And it will be that you will drink of the brook H5158, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:5 - So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh, for he went and lived by the brook H5158 Cherith, which is [fn]east of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook H5158.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - Now it happened after a while that the brook H5158 dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys H5158; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to cut down some of the cattle.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook H5158 Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:16 - And he said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Make this valley H5158 full of trenches.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - “For thus says Yahweh, ‘You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley H5158 shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your livestock and your cattle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - from the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley H5158 of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh outside Jerusalem to the brook H5158 Kidron, and burned it at the brook H5158 Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the [fn]common people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - Also, the altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, the king tore down; and he [fn]crushed them there and threw their dust into the brook H5158 Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt did not go out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook H5158 of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:32 -

[fn]Hurai of the brooks H5158 of Gaash,

[fn]Abiel the Arbathite,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 -

So Solomon celebrated the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly from [fn]Lebo-hamath to the brook H5158 of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 -

He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook H5158 Kidron.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - ‘Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley H5158 in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh they brought out to the court of the house of Yahweh. Then the Levites received it to bring out to the Kidron [fn]valley H5158, to an outer area.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:14 - And they arose and took away the altars which were in Jerusalem; they also took away all the incense altars and cast them into the brook H5158 Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So many people gathered and stopped up all the springs and the stream H5158 which flowed in the midst of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 -

Afterwards, he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley H5158, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:15 - So I went up at night by the ravine H5158 and inspected the wall. Then I turned and entered the Valley Gate and turned around.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 -

“My brothers have betrayed me like a [fn]wadi H5158,

Like the torrents of [fn]wadis H5158 which pass away,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 -

“He does not look at the streams,

The rivers flowing H5158 with honey and curds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 -

“The clods of the valley H5158 will [fn]gently cover him;

Moreover, all men will draw up after him,

While countless ones go before him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:24 -

And put your [fn]gold in the dust,

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks H5158,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 -

“He [fn]sinks a shaft H5158 far from [fn]habitation,

Forgotten by the foot;

They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6 -

So that they dwell in the slopes of the [fn]valleys H5158,

In holes of the dust and of the rocks.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:22 -

“The lotus plants cover it with [fn]shade;

The willows of the brook H5158 surround it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:4 -

The cords of death encompassed me,

And the torrents H5158 of vileness [fn]terrified me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 -

They [fn]are satisfied from the [fn]richness of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the river H5158 of Your delights.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 -

[fn]You split open spring and river H5158;

[fn]You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 -

“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,

And streams H5158 were overflowing;

Can He give bread also?

Will He prepare [fn]meat for His people?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9 -

Do to them as to Midian,

As to Sisera, and Jabin at the river H5158 of Kishon,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10 -

[fn]He sends forth springs in the valleys H5158;

They flow between the mountains;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:7 -

He will drink from the brook H5158 by the wayside;

Therefore He will lift up His head.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:4 -

Then the waters would have flowed over us,

The stream H5158 would have [fn]swept over our soul;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:4 -

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;

[fn]The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook H5158.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 -

The eye that mocks a father

And despises obedience to a mother,

The ravens of the valley H5158 will pick it out,

And the young eagles will eat it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 -

All the rivers H5158 go into the sea,

Yet the sea is not full.

To the place where the rivers H5158 go,

There they [fn]continually go.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:11 -

[fn]I went down to the garden of nut trees

To see the blossoms of the valley H5158,

To see whether the vine had flourished

Or the pomegranates had bloomed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - And they will all come and rest upon the steep [fn]ravines H5158, on the crevices of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes, and on all the [fn]watering places.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 -

And Yahweh will devote to destruction

The tongue of the [fn]Sea of Egypt;

And He will wave His hand over the [fn]River

With His scorching wind;

And He will strike it into seven streams H5158

And make men walk over [fn]dry-shod.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:7 -

Therefore the abundance they have made and stored up

They carry off over the brook H5158 of [fn]Arabim.


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