HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2975
יְאֹר
ye.or — Nile
This name means river, stream, canal Also named: shi.chor (שִׁיחוֹר "Nile" H7883H)
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Nile
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4714
מִצְרַ֫יִם
mits.ra.yim — Egypt
§ Egypt = "land of the Copts" a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = "double straits"
524 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3220
יָם
yam — sea
: sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward
286 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3568
כּוּשׁ
kush — Cush
§ Cush = "black" the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)
24 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1657
גֹּ֫שֶׁן
go.shen — Goshen
§ Goshen = "drawing near" a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6814
צֹ֫עַן
tso.an — Zoan
§ Zoan = "place of departure" an ancient city of lower Egypt called Tanis by the Greeks; located on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile; the capital of the Shepherd dynasty, built 7 years after Hebron and existing before Abraham and the dwelling place of the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus modern 'San'
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7883
שִׁיחוֹר
shi.chor — Shihor
§ Shihor or Sihor = "dark" a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1126
γραώδης
graōdēs — old wives’ tale
γραώδης, -ες (γραῦς, an old woman, εἶδος), anile, old-womanish: 1Ti.4:7.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G448
ἀνίλεως
anileōs — merciless
ἀν-έλεος, -ον (Attic ἀνηλεής, ἀνελεήμων; MM, VGT, see word), merciless: Jas.2:13.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2609
חָנֵס
cha.nes — Hanes
§ Hanes = "grace has fled" a place in Egypt, site uncertain but may be either of the following 1a) Tahpanhes, a fortified town on the eastern frontier 1b) a place in lower Egypt, on an island in the Nile south of Memphis
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4644
מֹף
moph — Memphis
Memphis = "haven of the good" a capital of Lower Egypt located on the western bank of the Nile about 9 miles (15 km) south of Cairo Another spelling of noph (נֹף, מֹף "Memphis" H5297)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5295
נַעֲרָן
na.a.ran — Naaran
Naaran = "juvenile" a town on the eastern limit of the territory of Ephraim Also named: na.a.rah (נַעֲרָה "Naarah" H5292A)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8098
κροκόδειλος
krokodeilos — crocodile
1. a lizard , properly an ionic word, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. the Nile-lizard, crocodile , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8948
πρόσχωμα
proschōma — a mound
a deposit made by water , πρ. Νείλου, of the Delta of the Nile, (Aeschulus Tragicus) from προσχώννυ_μι (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9418
τέμενος
temenos — a sacred precinct
1. a piece of land cut off, assigned as a domain to kings and chiefs, (Homer) 2. a piece of land dedicated to a god, the sacred precincts , (Homer): in it stood the temple, (Herdotus Historicus):—;metaphorically, the sacred valley of the Nile is the τέμ. Νείλοιο, (Pindar); the Acropolis is the ἱερὸν τ. of Pallas, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6364
פִּי־בֶ֫סֶת
pi-ve.set — Pi-beseth
§ Pi-beseth = "mouth of loathing" a town of lower Egypt located on the west bank of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile about 40 miles from Memphis 1a) same as 'Bubastis' named after the goddess of the same name
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., “the black stream” (Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18) or simply “the river” (Gen. 41:1; Ex. 1:22, etc.) and the “flood of Egypt” (Amos 8:8). It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssinian Mountains. These unite at the town of Khartoum, whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is divided a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the Damietta branch. (See EGYPT.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.