נָהָר nahar

Hebrew word for “river” · Strong’s H5104 · used 119 times in 108 verses

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Meaning

1) stream, river; 1a) stream, river; 1b) (underground) streams; Aramaic equivalent: ne.har (נְהַר "river" H5103H)

Senses in the lexicon

• river (88)
• River (31)

How it is translated

Glosses given for nahar in context, with how often each is used:

• river 73
• rivers 38
• like rivers 3
• like river 2
• like a river 1
• ¿ on rivers 1
• river - euphrates 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 46 (5), Joshua 24 (4), Ezra 8 (4), Genesis 2 (3), Isaiah 18 (3), Isaiah 43 (3), Ezekiel 10 (3), 1 Kings 4 (2), 1 Chronicles 5 (2), Nehemiah 2 (2)

Forms

• הנהר 32
• נהר 26
• נהרות 18
• ונהר 5
• בנהר 4
• נהרים 3
• כנהר 3
• מנהר 2
• כנהרות 2
• ובנהרות 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nahar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֵבֶר ever “side” 16
• יָם yam “sea” 21
• מַי mayim “water” 23
• פְּרָת perat “Euphrates” 12
• כְּבָר kevar “Chebar” 8
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 15
• עַד ad “till” 17
• אַשּׁוּר ashshur “Assyria” 9
• חָרֵב charev “to destroy” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 15
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 9
• יְאֹר yeor “Nile” 6

Key verses

The verses using nahar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
• Joshua 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in…
• Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side…
• 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of…
• Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little…
• Psalms 72:8 — He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
• Isaiah 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come…
• Isaiah 27:12 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by…
• Isaiah 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt…
• Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
• Ezekiel 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.