HebrewH7883Noun

שִׁיחוֹר

shi.chor

4Occurrences
H7883Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shichor, a stream of Egypt

or שִׁחוֹר; or שִׁחֹר; probably from H7835 (שָׁחַר); dark, i.e. turbid;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Shihor or Sihor = "dark" a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

שִׁיחוֹר appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
1
Isaiah
1
Jeremiah
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:5BSB

So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Isaiah 23:3BSB

On the great waterscame the grain of Shihor;the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre;she was the merchant of the nations.

Jeremiah 2:18BSB

Now what will you gain on your way to Egyptto drink the waters of the Nile ?What will you gain on your way to Assyriato drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

Joshua 13:3BSB

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.