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Lexicon :: Strong's H5158 - naḥal

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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

H5158

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

Page 3 / 3 (Isa 27:12–Mic 6:7)

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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 to the brook H5158 of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His breath is like an overflowing torrent, H5158
Which reaches to the neck,
To shake the nations back and forth in a [fn]sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which [fn]leads to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - For [fn]Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[fn]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the LORD, like a torrent H5158 of brimstone, sets it afire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - [fn]Its streams H5158 will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams H5158 in the [fn]Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - Who inflame yourselves among the [fn]oaks,
Under every luxuriant tree,
Who slaughter the children in the [fn]ravines, H5158
Under the clefts of the crags?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:6 - “Among the [fn]smooth stones of the [fn]ravine H5158
Is your portion, [fn]they are your lot;
Even to them you have poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I [fn]relent concerning these things?

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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,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; H5158
And you will [fn]be nursed, you will be carried on the [fn]hip and fondled on the knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - “With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams H5158 of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - “And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook H5158 Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - Thus says the LORD:
“Behold, waters are going to rise from the north
And become an overflowing torrent, H5158
And overflow the land and all its fullness,
The city and those who live in it;
And the men will cry out,
And every inhabitant of the land will wail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 - Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your tears run down like a river H5158 day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let [fn]your eyes have no rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river H5158 that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river H5158 that could not be forded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me [fn]back to the bank of the river. H5158

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river H5158 there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - “It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the [fn]river H5158 goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others [fn]become fresh; so everything will live where the river H5158 goes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “By the river H5158 on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 - “The south side toward the south shall extend from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook H5158 of Egypt and to the Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - “And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook H5158 of Egypt, to the Great Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And in that day
The mountains will drip with [fn]sweet wine,
And the hills will flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD
To water the valley H5158 of [fn]Shittim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:24 - “But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. H5158

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the LORD God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook H5158 of the Arabah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 - Does the LORD take delight in thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers H5158 of oil?
Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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