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Lexicon :: Strong's H7883 - šîḥôr

Aa
שִׁיחוֹר
Transliteration
šîḥôr
Pronunciation
shee-khore'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from שָׁחַר (H7835)
Strong’s Definitions

שִׁיחוֹר Shîychôwr, shee-khore'; or שִׁחוֹר Shichôwr; or שִׁחֹר Shichôr; probably from H7835; dark, i.e. turbid; Shichor, a stream of Egypt:—Shihor, Sihor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H7883 in the following manner: Sihor (3x), Shihor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H7883 in the following manner: Sihor (3x), Shihor (1x).

  1. Shihor or Sihor = "dark"

    1. a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁיחוֹר Shîychôwr, shee-khore'; or שִׁחוֹר Shichôwr; or שִׁחֹר Shichôr; probably from H7835; dark, i.e. turbid; Shichor, a stream of Egypt:—Shihor, Sihor.
STRONGS H7883: Abbreviations
† שִׁיחוֺר proper name, of a river on border of Egypt, probably east branch of Nile; — הַשּׁ׳ Joshua 13:3, מִצְרַיִם שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 13:5; clearly = Nile, זֶרַע שִׁחֹר Isaiah 23:3 (|| יְאוֺר קְצִיר), מֵי שִׁחוֺר Jeremiah 2:18; compare DlPa 311 WilsonHast. DB SHIHOR (usually derived from I. שׁחר, as black water, but doubtful).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

13:3

1 Chronicles

13:5

Isaiah

23:3

Jeremiah

2:18

H7883

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7883 matches the Hebrew שִׁיחוֹר (šîḥôr),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - From the Shihor, which is before Egypt, to the edge of Ekron to the north, which is taken to be Canaanite property: the five chiefs of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, as well as the Avvim;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David sent for all Israel to come together, from Shihor, the river of Egypt, as far as the way into Hamath, to get the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
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