Strong’s H5104 · Hebrew

נָהָר
nâhâr
naw-hawr'

Definition

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

Etymology

from H5102 (נָהַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • flood
  • river

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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