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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H2975

יְאֹר

yeoryeh-ore'

Nile

65 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yᵉʼôr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2975is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 40
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2975

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

The King James renders it: brook, flood, river, stream.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

yeor is rendered "Nile". It stands 65 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Twenty-five of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:1After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
  • The Greek text spells it forty different ways.

The first use

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

Genesis 41:1הַיְאֹֽר׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-five of the word's sixty-five uses are in Exodus.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the River25
  • in the River8
  • River6
  • canals your5
  • canals of4
  • like the River4
  • canals2
  • canals their2
  • like River2
  • among the canals1
  • canals its1
  • like the light1

and 4 more, 65 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 65, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

40 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַיְאֹ֔ר7
  • הַיְאֹֽר׃6
  • הַיְאֹ֑ר5
  • בַּיְאֹ֖ר4
  • יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ3
  • הַיְאֹ֗ר2
  • יְא֖וֹר2
  • יְאֹרֵ֥י2
  • יְאֹרֵ֣י2
  • כַּיְאֹ֣ר2
  • בַיְא֖וֹר1
  • בַּיְאֹ֛ר1

and 28 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)21HTd/Npl
  • preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)13HRd/Npl
  • proper noun (a name)6HNpl
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5HNcmpc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcmpc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa

Genesis

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

    Genesis 41:1

    • הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

    Genesis 41:2

    • הַיְאֹ֗רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • 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 41:3

    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

    Genesis 41:17

    • הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

    Genesis 41:18

    • הַיְאֹ֗רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River

Exodus

twenty-five uses
  • 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 1:22

    • הַיְאֹ֙רָה֙hayorahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the River towards
  • 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 2:3

    • הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • 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.

    Exodus 2:5

    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • 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.”

    Exodus 4:9

    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • 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.

    Exodus 7:15

    • הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • 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.

    Exodus 7:17

    • בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
  • The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

    Exodus 7:18

    • בַּיְאֹ֛רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
    • הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹֽר׃ סhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • And 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.”

    Exodus 7:19

    • יְאֹרֵיהֶ֣םyeoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: canals their
  • 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.

    Exodus 7:20

    • בַּיְאֹ֔רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
    • בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
  • 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.

    Exodus 7:21

    • בַּיְאֹ֥רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

    Exodus 7:24

    • הַיְאֹ֖רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

    Exodus 7:25

    • הַיְאֹֽר׃ פhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • 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.

    Exodus 8:3

    • הַיְאֹר֮hayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • And 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.’”

    Exodus 8:5

    • הַיְאֹרִ֖יםhayorimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the canals
  • 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?”

    Exodus 8:9

    • בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
  • The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

    Exodus 8:11

    • בַּיְאֹ֖רbayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
  • 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.

    Exodus 17:5

    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River

2 Kings

one use
  • I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

    2 Kings 19:24

    • יְאֹרֵ֥יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: canals of

Job

one use
  • He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

    Job 28:10

    • יְאֹרִ֣יםyeorimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: shafts

Psalms

one use
  • He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.

    Psalms 78:44

    • יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑םyeoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: canals their

Isaiah

ten uses
  • 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.

    Isaiah 7:18

    • יְאֹרֵ֣יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: canals of
  • The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

    Isaiah 19:6

    • יְאֹרֵ֣יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: canals of
  • 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.

    Isaiah 19:7

    • יְא֖וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)tagged: River
    • יְא֑וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)tagged: River
    • יְא֔וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)tagged: River
  • 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.

    Isaiah 19:8

    • בַיְא֖וֹרvayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the River
  • 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.

    Isaiah 23:3

    • יְא֖וֹרyeorproper noun (a name)tagged: River
  • Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

    Isaiah 23:10

    • כַּיְאֹ֑רkayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the River
  • But 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.

    Isaiah 33:21

    • יְאֹרִ֖יםyeorimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: canals
  • I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

    Isaiah 37:25

    • יְאֹרֵ֥יyeoreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: canals of

Jeremiah

two uses
  • Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?

    Jeremiah 46:7

    • כַּיְאֹ֣רkayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the River
  • 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.’

    Jeremiah 46:8

    • כַּיְאֹ֣רkayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the River

Ezekiel

nine uses
  • Speak 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.’

    Ezekiel 29:3

    • יְאֹרָ֑יוyeoravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: canals its
    • יְאֹרִ֖יyeorinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: River my
  • But 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.

    Ezekiel 29:4

    • יְאֹרֶ֖יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: canals your
    • יְאֹרֶ֔יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: canals your
    • יְאֹרֶ֔יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: canals your
  • I 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.

    Ezekiel 29:5

    • יְאֹרֶ֔יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: canals your
  • 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,’

    Ezekiel 29:9

    • יְאֹ֥רyeorproper noun (a name)tagged: River
  • therefore 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.

    Ezekiel 29:10

    • יְאֹרֶ֑יךָyeoreikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: canals your
  • I 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.

    Ezekiel 30:12

    • יְאֹרִים֙yeorimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: canals

Daniel

four uses
  • Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

    Daniel 12:5

    • הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River
    • הַיְאֹֽר׃hayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River
  • One 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?”

    Daniel 12:6

    • הַיְאֹ֑רhayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River
  • And 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.”

    Daniel 12:7

    • הַיְאֹר֒hayorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River

Amos

four uses
  • 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.

    Amos 8:8

    • כָאֹר֙khaorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the light
    • כִּיא֥וֹרkiorpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like River
  • 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—

    Amos 9:5

    • כַיְאֹר֙khayorpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the River
    • כִּיאֹ֥רkiorpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like River

Nahum

one use
  • Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

    Nahum 3:8

    • בַּיְאֹרִ֔יםbayorimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: among the canals

Zechariah

one use
  • They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

    Zechariah 10:11

    • יְאֹ֑רyeorproper noun (a name)tagged: River

The letters

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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