נְהַר
nᵉhar · neh-har'
a river, especially the Euphrates
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H5102 (נָהַר);
a river, especially the Euphrates
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: river, stream.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְהַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the river14 · 93%
- stream1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.