H2975 - יְאֹר (yᵉʼôr)

H2975 יְאֹר (yᵉʼôr) yeh-ore'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Nile

Biblical Persons & Places

Nile Nile

A location first mentioned at Gen.41.1; referred to as Nile or "canals" (KJV= "rivers") or "river" (יְאֹר), or Nile (KJV= Sihor) (שִׁיחוֹר).

Strong's Definition

a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria

Derivation: of Egyptian origin;

KJV Usage: brook, flood, river, stream.

TWOT Reference: 832

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal

1a) stream, river (Nile)

1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals

1c) watercourses

1d) shafts (mining)

1e) river (in general)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4215

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

This name means river, stream, canal Also named: shi.chor (שִׁיחוֹר "Nile" H7883H)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יְאֹר yeôr BDB Definition: 1) river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal 1a) stream, river (Nile) 1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals 1c) watercourses 1d) shafts (mining) 1e) river (in general) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of Egyptian origin Same Word by TWOT Number: 832 Total KJV Occurrences: 65

Bible Occurrences (48)

41:1 41:2 41:3 41:17 41:18

1:22 2:3 2:5 4:9 7:15 7:17 7:18 7:19 7:20 7:21 7:24 7:25 8:3 8:5 8:9 8:11 17:5

19:24

28:10

78:44

7:18 19:6 19:7 19:8 23:3 23:10 33:21 37:25

46:7 46:8

29:3 29:4 29:5 29:9 29:10 30:12

12:5 12:6 12:7

8:8 9:5

3:8

10:11

Genesis 41:1

After two full years... had passed, Pharaoh had a dream:... He was standing beside the Nile,

Genesis 41:2

when seven cows, sleek... and well-fed..., came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Genesis 41:3

After them, seven other cows, sickly... and thin..., came up from the Nile and stood beside the [well-fed] cows on the bank of the river.

Genesis 41:17

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: In my dream... I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

Genesis 41:18

when seven cows, well-fed... and sleek,... came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people...: Every son born [to the Hebrews] you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in [the basket] and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Exodus 2:5

Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.... And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.