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Lexicon :: Strong's H5104 - nāhār

Aa
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 BoxGen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I 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 went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And the Lord said, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the waters of Egypt, and over the rivers and the streams and the pools, and over every stretch of water, so that they may be turned to blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the streams and the waterways and the pools, causing frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - I will let the limits of your land be from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the waste land to the river Euphrates: for I will give the people of those lands into your power; and you will send them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - So he sent men to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor by the River in the land of the children of his people, saying to him, See, a people has come out of Egypt, covering all the face of the earth, and they have put up their tents opposite to me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place where you put your foot will be yours: from the waste land and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates as far as the Great Sea, will be the limits of your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21 - And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - And the king of Assyria took Israel away as prisoners into Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went out against him; and he put him to death at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his country, from the stream of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:48 - And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river became king in his place,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River, with Shophach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:16 - Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

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