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Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H5103

נְהַר

neharneh-har'

River

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

Concordance spelling: nᵉhar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5103is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 8
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5103

a river, especially the Euphrates

The King James renders it: 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

nehar is rendered "River". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:10and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.
  • The Greek text spells it eight different ways.

The first use

and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.

Ezra 4:10נַהֲרָ֖ה

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

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's fifteen uses are in Ezra.

The other 37 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

  • river the14
  • a river1

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.

All 15, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

8 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

  • נַהֲרָ֑ה4
  • נַהֲרָ֛ה3
  • נַהֲרָ֖ה2
  • נַהֲרָ֔ה2
  • נְהַ֣ר1
  • נַהֲרָ֔א1
  • נַהֲרָ֗ה1
  • נַהֲרָ֜ה1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)14ANcbsd/Ta
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular1ANcbsa

Ezra

fourteen uses
  • and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.

    Ezra 4:10

    • נַהֲרָ֖הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

    Ezra 4:11

    • נַהֲרָ֖הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

    Ezra 4:16

    • נַהֲרָ֔אnahara'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.

    Ezra 4:17

    • נַהֲרָ֛הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.

    Ezra 4:20

    • נַהֲרָ֑הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

    Ezra 5:3

    • נַהֲרָ֛הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

    Ezra 5:6

    • נַהֲרָ֗הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
    • נַהֲרָ֑הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!

    Ezra 6:6

    • נַהֲרָ֜הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
    • נַהֲרָ֑הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

    Ezra 6:8

    • נַהֲרָ֔הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

    Ezra 6:13

    • נַהֲרָ֛הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

    Ezra 7:21

    • נַהֲרָ֑הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the
  • And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.

    Ezra 7:25

    • נַהֲרָ֔הnaharah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: river the

Daniel

one use
  • A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

    Daniel 7:10

    • נְהַ֣רneharnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a river

The letters

Where it leads

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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