Word Study · Strong's H2975 · Hebrew
יְאֹר
yeor
yeh-ore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yᵉʼôr
“a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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
Rendered in the KJV as
brook, flood, river, stream.
- 65occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 40inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 65 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 40
- הַיְאֹ֔ר7
- הַיְאֹֽר׃6
- הַיְאֹ֑ר5
- בַּיְאֹ֖ר4
- יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ3
- הַיְאֹ֗ר2
- יְא֖וֹר2
- יְאֹרֵ֥י2
- יְאֹרֵ֣י2
- כַּיְאֹ֣ר2
- בַיְא֖וֹר1
- בַּיְאֹ֛ר1
and 28 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 19
- the River25
- [the] River6
- canals your5
- [the] canals of4
- [was] in the River3
- in the River3
- like the River3
- [is] in the River2
- canals2
- canals their2
- like [the] River2
- [who] like the River1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)21
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)13
- proper noun (a name)6
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Npl · 21
- HRd/Npl · 13
- HNpl · 6
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 5
- HNcmpc · 4
- HTd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HRd/Ncmpa · 1
All 65, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 41:1הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,here: the River
- Genesis 41:2הַיְאֹ֗רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: the River
- Genesis 41:3הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: the River
- Genesis 41:3הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: the River
- Genesis 41:17הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,here: the River
- Genesis 41:18הַיְאֹ֗רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: the River
Exodus25 occurrences
- Exodus 1:22הַיְאֹ֙רָה֙hayorahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)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.”here: the River towards
- Exodus 2:3הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: the River
- Exodus 2:5הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: the River
- Exodus 2:5הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: the River
- Exodus 4:9הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”here: the River
- Exodus 4:9הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”here: the River
- Exodus 7:15הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.here: the River
- Exodus 7:17בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.here: [is] in the River
- Exodus 7:18בַּיְאֹ֛רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”here: [is] in the River
- Exodus 7:18הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”here: the River
- Exodus 7:18הַיְאֹֽר׃ סhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”here: the River
- Exodus 7:19יְאֹרֵיהֶ֣םyeoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”here: canals their
- Exodus 7:20בַּיְאֹ֔רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.here: [was] in the River
- Exodus 7:20בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.here: [was] in the River
- Exodus 7:21בַּיְאֹ֥רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.here: [was] in the River
- Exodus 7:21הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.here: the River
- Exodus 7:21הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.here: the River
- Exodus 7:24הַיְאֹ֖רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.here: the River
- Exodus 7:24הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.here: the River
- Exodus 7:25הַיְאֹֽר׃ פhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.here: the River
- Exodus 8:3הַיְאֹר֮hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.here: the River
- Exodus 8:5הַיְאֹרִ֖יםhayorimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”here: the canals
- Exodus 8:9בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”here: in the River
- Exodus 8:11בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”here: in the River
- Exodus 17:5הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.here: the River
Job1 occurrence
Isaiah10 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:18יְאֹרֵ֣יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.here: [the] canals of
- Isaiah 19:6יְאֹרֵ֣יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.here: [the] canals of
- Isaiah 19:7יְא֖וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.here: [the] River
- Isaiah 19:7יְא֑וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.here: [the] River
- Isaiah 19:7יְא֔וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.here: [the] River
- Isaiah 19:8בַיְא֖וֹרvayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.here: in the River
- Isaiah 23:3יְא֖וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.here: [the] River
- Isaiah 23:10כַּיְאֹ֑רkayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.here: like the River
- Isaiah 33:21יְאֹרִ֖יםyeorimnoun · masculine pluralBut there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.here: canals
- Isaiah 37:25יְאֹרֵ֥יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”here: [the] canals of
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 46:7כַּיְאֹ֣רkayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?here: [who] like the River
- Jeremiah 46:8כַּיְאֹ֣רkayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’here: like the River
Ezekiel9 occurrences
- Ezekiel 29:3יְאֹרָ֑יוyeoravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSpeak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’here: canals its
- Ezekiel 29:3יְאֹרִ֖יyeorinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSpeak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’here: River my
- Ezekiel 29:4יְאֹרֶ֖יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: canals your
- Ezekiel 29:4יְאֹרֶ֔יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: canals your
- Ezekiel 29:4יְאֹרֶ֔יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: canals your
- Ezekiel 29:5יְאֹרֶ֔יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularI will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.here: canals your
- Ezekiel 29:9יְאֹ֥רyeorproper noun (a name)The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’here: [the] River
- Ezekiel 29:10יְאֹרֶ֑יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartherefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.here: canals your
- Ezekiel 30:12יְאֹרִים֙yeorimnoun · masculine pluralI will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.here: canals
Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 12:5הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.here: the River
- Daniel 12:5הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.here: the River
- Daniel 12:6הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOne of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”here: the River
- Daniel 12:7הַיְאֹר֒hayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”here: the River
Amos4 occurrences
- Amos 8:8כָאֹר֙khaorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.here: like the light
- Amos 8:8כִּיא֥וֹרkiorpreposition + proper noun (a name)Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.here: like [the] River
- Amos 9:5כַיְאֹר֙khayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—here: like the River
- Amos 9:5כִּיאֹ֥רkiorpreposition + proper noun (a name)The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—here: like [the] River