Quick Definition
Tigris
Biblical Persons & Places
Tigris
Tigris
A location first mentioned at Gen.2.14;
only referred to as Tigris (חִדֶּ֫קֶל).
Strong's Definition
the Chiddekel (or Tigris) river
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Hiddekel.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Hiddekel = "rapid"
1) one of the rivers of Eden which coursed east toward Assyria; better known as the Tigris (the LXX equivalent)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Hiddekel = "rapid"
one of the rivers of Eden which coursed east toward Assyria; better known as the Tigris (the LXX equivalent)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חִדֶּקֶל
chiddeqel
BDB Definition:
Hiddekel = rapid
1) one of the rivers of Eden which coursed east toward Assyria; better known as the Tigris (the LXX equivalent)
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably of foreign origin
Total KJV Occurrences: 2