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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5104

נָהָר

naharnaw-hawr'

River

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

Concordance spelling: nâhâr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5104is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 68
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5104

a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity

The King James renders it: flood, river.

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

nahar is rendered "River". It stands 119 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
  • The Greek text spells it sixty-eight different ways.

The first use

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

Genesis 2:10וְנָהָר֙

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

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the river32
  • rivers18
  • river of17
  • a river4
  • and a river4
  • river4
  • rivers of4
  • at river of3
  • the rivers3
  • and from river2
  • from river of2
  • like the river2

and 20 more, 119 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.

נָהָהnahahto wailUses3

All 119, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

68 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

  • נְהַר־15
  • הַנָּהָ֑ר6
  • הַנָּהָ֔ר4
  • הַנָּהָר֙4
  • נְהָר֣וֹת4
  • בִּֽנְהַר־3
  • הַנָּהָ֥ר3
  • הַנָּהָ֗ר3
  • הַנָּהָ֖ר3
  • נְהָרוֹת֙3
  • הַנָּהָ֛ר2
  • הַנָּהָ֣ר2

and 56 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)17HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular17HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · feminine plural15HNcfpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)15HTd/Npl
  • noun · masculine singular8HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular4HC/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural3HC/Rd/Ncfpa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfpc
  • noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural3HTd/Ncfpa

Genesis

nine uses
  • Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

    Genesis 2:10

    • וְנָהָר֙venaharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a river
  • The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

    Genesis 2:13

    • הַנָּהָ֥רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

    Genesis 2:14

    • הַנָּהָ֤רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
    • וְהַנָּהָ֥רvehanaharconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the river
  • On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    Genesis 15:18

    • מִנְּהַ֣רmineharpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from river of
    • הַנָּהָ֥רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

    Genesis 31:21

    • הַנָּהָ֑רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the river
  • When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.

    Genesis 36:37

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

Exodus

three uses
  • 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

    • נַהֲרֹתָ֣ם׀naharotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: rivers their
  • 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

    • הַ֨נְּהָרֹ֔תhaneharotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rivers
  • And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

    Exodus 23:31

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

Numbers

two uses
  • he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

    Numbers 22:5

    • הַנָּהָ֛רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.

    Numbers 24:6

    • נָהָ֑רnaharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a river

Deuteronomy

four uses
  • Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

    Deuteronomy 1:7

    • הַנָּהָ֥רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

    Deuteronomy 11:24

    • הַנָּהָ֣רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River
    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of

Joshua

six uses
  • Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

    Joshua 1:4

    • הַנָּהָ֧רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

    Joshua 24:2

    • הַנָּהָ֗רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the river
  • But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

    Joshua 24:3

    • הַנָּהָ֔רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

    Joshua 24:14

    • הַנָּהָר֙hanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

    Joshua 24:15

    • הַנָּהָ֔רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river

2 Samuel

two uses
  • David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

    2 Samuel 8:3

    • בִּֽנְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃binhar-peratHR/Ncmsc//Npltagged: at river-Euphrates
  • Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

    2 Samuel 10:16

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

1 Kings

four uses
  • And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

    1 Kings 4:21

    • הַנָּהָר֙hanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

    1 Kings 4:24

    • הַנָּהָ֗רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
    • הַנָּהָ֑רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

    1 Kings 14:15

    • לַנָּהָ֑רlanaharpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: of the River

2 Kings

five uses
  • Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

    2 Kings 5:12

    • נַהֲר֣וֹתnaharotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rivers of
  • In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

    2 Kings 17:6

    • נְהַ֥רneharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

    2 Kings 18:11

    • נְהַ֥רneharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

    2 Kings 23:29

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

    2 Kings 24:7

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of

1 Chronicles

five uses
  • When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.

    1 Chronicles 1:48

    • הַנָּהָֽר׃hanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the river
  • They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.

    1 Chronicles 5:9

    • הַנָּהָ֖רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

    1 Chronicles 5:26

    • וּנְהַ֣רuneharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and river of
  • As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.

    1 Chronicles 18:3

    • בִּֽנְהַר־binhar-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at river of
  • When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

    1 Chronicles 19:16

    • הַנָּהָ֑רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the river

2 Chronicles

one use
  • He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

    2 Chronicles 9:26

    • הַנָּהָר֙hanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the river

Ezra

four uses
  • Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

    Ezra 8:15

    • הַנָּהָר֙hanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

    Ezra 8:21

    • הַנָּהָ֣רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river
  • On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.

    Ezra 8:31

    • מִנְּהַ֣רmineharpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from river of
  • They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.

    Ezra 8:36

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

Nehemiah

three uses
  • I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.

    Nehemiah 2:7

    • הַנָּהָ֑רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

    Nehemiah 2:9

    • הַנָּהָ֔רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the River
  • Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.

    Nehemiah 3:7

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

Job

five uses
  • As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

    Job 14:11

    • וְ֝נָהָ֗רvenaharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a river
  • He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

    Job 20:17

    • נַהֲרֵ֥יnahareinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rivers of
  • They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

    Job 22:16

    • נָ֝הָ֗רnaharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a river
  • He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

    Job 28:11

    • נְהָר֣וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

    Job 40:23

    • נָ֭הָרnahornoun · masculine singulartagged: river

Psalms

fifteen uses
  • For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

    Psalms 24:2

    • נְ֝הָר֗וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

    Psalms 46:4

    • נָהָ֗רnaharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a river
  • He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

    Psalms 66:6

    • בַּ֭נָּהָרbanahorpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the river
  • May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

    Psalms 72:8

    • וּ֝מִנָּהָ֗רuminaharconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from river
  • You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

    Psalms 74:15

    • נַהֲר֥וֹתnaharotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rivers of
  • He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

    Psalms 78:16

    • כַּנְּהָר֣וֹתkaneharotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the rivers
  • It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.

    Psalms 80:11

    • נָ֝הָ֗רnaharnoun · masculine singulartagged: river
  • I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

    Psalms 89:25

    • וּֽבַנְּהָר֥וֹתuvaneharotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and on the rivers
  • The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

    Psalms 93:3

    • נְהָר֨וֹת׀neharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
    • נְהָר֣וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
    • נְהָר֣וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

    Psalms 98:8

    • נְהָר֥וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

    Psalms 105:41

    • נָהָֽר׃naharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a river
  • He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

    Psalms 107:33

    • נְהָר֣וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

    Psalms 137:1

    • נַהֲר֨וֹת׀naharotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rivers of

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

    Song of Solomon 8:7

    • וּנְהָר֖וֹתuneharotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and rivers

Isaiah

twenty-one uses
  • On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

    Isaiah 7:20

    • נָהָר֙naharnoun · masculine singulartagged: of River
  • the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

    Isaiah 8:7

    • הַנָּהָ֗רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River
  • The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

    Isaiah 11:15

    • הַנָּהָ֖רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the River
  • Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

    Isaiah 18:1

    • לְנַֽהֲרֵי־lenaharei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of rivers of
  • which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

    Isaiah 18:2

    • נְהָרִ֖יםneharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rivers
  • At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

    Isaiah 18:7

    • נְהָרִים֙neharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rivers
  • The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

    Isaiah 19:5

    • וְנָהָ֖רvenaharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a river
  • The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

    Isaiah 19:6

    • נְהָר֔וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

    Isaiah 27:12

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

    • נְהָרִ֥יםneharimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rivers
  • I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

    Isaiah 41:18

    • נְהָר֔וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

    Isaiah 42:15

    • נְהָרוֹת֙neharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

    Isaiah 43:2

    • וּבַנְּהָר֖וֹתuvaneharotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and in the rivers
  • Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

    Isaiah 43:19

    • נְהָרֽוֹת׃neharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

    Isaiah 43:20

    • נְהָרוֹת֙neharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

    Isaiah 44:27

    • וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְvenaharotayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and rivers your
  • Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

    Isaiah 47:2

    • נְהָרֽוֹת׃neharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

    Isaiah 48:18

    • כַנָּהָר֙khanaharpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the river
  • Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

    Isaiah 50:2

    • נְהָרוֹת֙neharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers
  • So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

    Isaiah 59:19

    • כַנָּהָר֙khanaharpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the river
  • For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

    Isaiah 66:12

    • כְּנָהָ֨רkenaharpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a river

Jeremiah

six uses
  • Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

    Jeremiah 2:18

    • נָהָֽר׃naharproper noun (a name)tagged: River
  • concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

    Jeremiah 46:2

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

    Jeremiah 46:6

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?

    Jeremiah 46:7

    • כַּנְּהָר֕וֹתkaneharotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the rivers
  • 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

    • וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹתvekhaneharotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and like the rivers
  • For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

    Jeremiah 46:10

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of

Ezekiel

thirteen uses
  • In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

    Ezekiel 1:1

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

    Ezekiel 1:3

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

    Ezekiel 3:15

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

    Ezekiel 3:23

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

    Ezekiel 10:15

    • בִּֽנְהַר־binhar-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at river of
  • These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

    Ezekiel 10:20

    • בִּֽנְהַר־binhar-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at river of
  • Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

    Ezekiel 10:22

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of
  • The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

    Ezekiel 31:4

    • נַהֲרֹתֶ֗יהָnaharoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rivers its
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

    Ezekiel 31:15

    • נַהֲרוֹתֶ֔יהָnaharoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rivers its
  • “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

    Ezekiel 32:2

    • בְּנַהֲרוֹתֶ֗יךָbenaharoteikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in rivers your
    • נַהֲרוֹתָֽם׃naharotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: rivers their
  • Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 32:14

    • וְנַהֲרוֹתָ֖םvenaharotamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and rivers their
  • The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

    Ezekiel 43:3

    • נְהַר־nehar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: river of

Daniel

one use
  • On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

    Daniel 10:4

    • הַנָּהָ֛רhanaharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the river

Jonah

one use
  • For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

    Jonah 2:3

    • וְנָהָ֖רvenaharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a river

Micah

one use
  • On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

    Micah 7:12

    • נָהָ֔רnaharnoun · masculine singulartagged: River

Nahum

two uses
  • He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

    Nahum 1:4

    • הַנְּהָר֖וֹתhaneharotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rivers
  • The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

    Nahum 2:6

    • הַנְּהָר֖וֹתhaneharotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the rivers

Habakkuk

three uses
  • Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

    Habakkuk 3:8

    • הֲבִנְהָרִים֙havinharimquestion particle + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: ¿ on rivers
    • בַּנְּהָרִים֙baneharimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: on the rivers
  • You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

    Habakkuk 3:9

    • נְהָר֖וֹתneharotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rivers

Zephaniah

one use
  • From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.

    Zephaniah 3:10

    • לְנַֽהֲרֵי־lenaharei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of rivers of

Zechariah

one use
  • And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

    Zechariah 9:10

    • וּמִנָּהָ֖רuminaharconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and from river

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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.

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The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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