H2975 יְאֹר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 64 KJV occurrences
יְאֹר
yᵉʼôr · yeh-ore'
Definition
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
KJV Renderings
brook, flood, river, stream.
Derivation / Etymology
of Egyptian origin;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 64)
- Genesis 41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- Exodus 2:5¶ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
- Exodus 7:18And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
- Exodus 7:24And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
- Job 28:10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
- Isaiah 23:3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
- Daniel 12:5¶ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.