נָהָר
nâhâr · naw-hawr'
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5102 (נָהַר);
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
- a stream (including the sea
- expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.)
- figuratively, prosperity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flood, river.
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 נָהָר 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
119 occurrences · 119 OT · 0 NT · 68 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the river16 · 18%
- by the river14 · 15%
- the rivers8 · 9%
- river7 · 8%
- from the river6 · 7%
- the floods6 · 7%
- rivers5 · 5%
- of the flood4 · 4%
- of the river3 · 3%
- unto the river3 · 3%
- and from the river2 · 2%
- to the river2 · 2%
- and rivers2 · 2%
- against the rivers2 · 2%
- a river1 · 1%
- with a flood1 · 1%
- there, at the river1 · 1%
- and to the river1 · 1%
- at the river1 · 1%
- by the river's side1 · 1%
- which is by the river1 · 1%
- and the flood1 · 1%
- over the streams1 · 1%
- upon their streams1 · 1%
- and a river1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.