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In the Bible, rivers are significant both geographically and theologically, serving as symbols of life, prosperity, and divine provision. They are often mentioned in the context of God's creation, His blessings, and His judgment.

Creation and Geography

The first mention of rivers in the Bible is found in the account of the Garden of Eden.Genesis 2:10-14 describes a river that "flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four rivers." These rivers are named as Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates, with the latter two being well-known geographical landmarks in the ancient Near East. The presence of these rivers in Eden underscores the abundance and life-sustaining nature of God's creation.

Symbol of Life and Blessing

Rivers are frequently depicted as sources of life and blessing. InPsalm 1:3, the righteous man is likened to "a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither." This imagery highlights the sustaining and nourishing power of rivers, symbolizing spiritual vitality and prosperity for those who follow God's ways.

In the prophetic literature, rivers often symbolize the outpouring of God's blessings.Isaiah 41:18 speaks of God transforming the wilderness by making "rivers flow in the desert," a metaphor for divine intervention and renewal. Similarly,Ezekiel 47:1-12 describes a vision of a river flowing from the temple, bringing life and healing wherever it goes, symbolizing the restorative power of God's presence.

Judgment and Deliverance

Rivers also play a role in narratives of judgment and deliverance. The Nile River, central to the account of the Exodus, becomes a tool of divine judgment against Egypt. InExodus 7:20-21, God turns the Nile into blood, demonstrating His power over the Egyptian gods and compelling Pharaoh to release the Israelites.

Conversely, rivers can be instruments of deliverance. The crossing of the Jordan River inJoshua 3-4 marks the Israelites' entry into the Promised Land. God miraculously stops the flow of the river, allowing His people to cross on dry ground, signifying His faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises.

Eschatological Significance

In the eschatological visions of Revelation, rivers continue to hold symbolic importance.Revelation 22:1-2 describes "the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city." This river represents the eternal life and unending blessings that flow from God's presence in the New Jerusalem.

Conclusion

Throughout Scripture, rivers are more than mere geographical features; they are powerful symbols of God's provision, judgment, and salvation. They remind believers of the life-giving and sustaining power of God, His ability to transform and renew, and His ultimate promise of eternal life.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

River

In the sense in which we employ the word viz. for a perennial stream of considerable size, a river is a much rarer object in the East than in the West. With the exception of the Jordan and the Litany, the streams of the holy land are either entirely dried up in the summer months converted into hot lanes of glaring stones, or else reduced to very small streamlets, deeply sunk in a narrow bed, and concealed from view by a dense growth of shrubs. The perennial river is callednahar by the Hebrews. With the definite article, "the river," it signifies invariably the Euphrates. (Genesis 31:21;Exodus 23:31;Numbers 24:6;2 Samuel 10:16) etc. It is never applied to the fleeting fugitive torrents of Palestine. The term for these isnachal , for which our translators have used promiscuously, and sometimes almost alternately, "valley" "brook" and "river." No one of these words expresses the thing intended; but the term "brook" is peculiarly unhappy. Many of thewadys of Palestine are deep, abrupt chasms or rents in the solid rock of-the hills, and have a savage, gloomy aspect, far removed from that of an English brook. Unfortunately our language does not contain any single word which has both the meanings of the Hebrewnachal and its Arabic equivalentwady which can be used at once for a dry valley and for the stream which occasionally flows through it.

ATS Bible Dictionary

River

This word answers in our Bible to various Hebrew terms, of which the principal are the following:

1. Yeor, an Egyptian word signifying river. It is always applied to the Nile and its various canals, except inJob 28:10 Daniel 12:5,6,7 2. Nahar, applied, like our word river, to constantly flowing streams, such as the Euphrates. In our version this word is sometimes rendered "flood,"Joshua 24:2,3, etc.

3. Nahal, a torrent-bed, or valley through which water flows in the rainy season only,Numbers 34:5, etc; frequently rendered "brook,"Numbers 13:28 Job 6:15, etc. Such streams are to the orientals striking emblems of inconstancy and faithlessness. Flowing only in the rainy season, and drying up when the summer heat sets in-and some of them in desert places failing prematurely-they sadly disappoint the thirsty and perhaps perishing traveller who has looked forward to them with longing and with hope,Job 6:15-20 Jeremiah 15:18.

In some passages in our Bible the word "rivers" seems to denote rivulets or canals, to conduct hither and thither small streams of water from a tank or fountain,Ezekiel 31:4. Such conduits were easily turned by moulding the soil with the foot; and some think this is the idea in De 11:10; "where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs." See alsoProverbs 21:1.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

River

(1.) Hebrews `aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Samuel 22:16), translated "brook," "river," "stream," but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3;31:12;32:6;34:13).

(2.) Hebrews nahal, in winter a "torrent," in summer a "wady" or valley (Genesis 32:23;Deuteronomy 2:24;3:16;Isaiah 30:28;Lamentations 2:18;Ezek. 47:9).

These winter torrents sometimes come down with great suddenness and with desolating force. A distinguished traveller thus describes his experience in this matter:, "I was encamped in Wady Feiran, near the base of Jebel Serbal, when a tremendous thunderstorm burst upon us. After little more than an hour's rain, the water rose so rapidly in the previously dry wady that I had to run for my life, and with great difficulty succeeded in saving my tent and goods; my boots, which I had not time to pick up, were washed away. In less than two hours a dry desert wady upwards of 300 yards broad was turned into a foaming torrent from 8 to 10 feet deep, roaring and tearing down and bearing everything upon it, tangled masses of tamarisks, hundreds of beautiful palmtrees, scores of sheep and goats, camels and donkeys, and even men, women, and children, for a whole encampment of Arabs was washed away a few miles above me. The storm commenced at five in the evening; at half-past nine the waters were rapidly subsiding, and it was evident that the flood had spent its force." (Comp.Matthew 7:27;Luke 6:49.)

(3.) Nahar, a "river" continuous and full, a perennial stream, as the Jordan, the Euphrates (Genesis 2:10;15:18;Deuteronomy 1:7;Psalm 66:6;Ezek. 10:15).

(4.) Tel'alah, a conduit, or water-course (1 Kings 18:32;2 Kings 18:17;20:20;Job 38:25;Ezek. 31:4).

(5.) Peleg, properly "waters divided", i.e., streams divided, throughout the land (Psalm 1:3); "the rivers [i.e., `divisions'] of waters" (Job 20:17;29:6;Proverbs 5:16).

(6.) Ye'or, i.e., "great river", probably from an Egyptian word (Aur), commonly applied to the Nile (Genesis 41:1-3), but also to other rivers (Job 28:10;Isaiah 33:21).

(7.) Yubhal, "a river" (Jeremiah 17:8), a full flowing stream.

(8.) `Ubhal, "a river" (Dan. 8:2).

River of Egypt

(1.) Hebrews nahar mitsraim, denotes inGenesis 15:18 the Nile, or its eastern branch (2 Chronicles 9:26).

(2.) InNumbers 34:5 (R.V., "brook of Egypt") the Hebrew word is nahal, denoting a stream flowing rapidly in winter, or in the rainy season. This is a desert stream on the borders of Egypt. It is now called the Wady el-`Arish. The present boundary between Egypt and Palestine is about midway between this wady and Gaza. (SeeNumbers 34:5;Joshua 15:4, 47;1 Kings 8:65;2 Kings 24:7;Isaiah 27:12;Ezek. 47:19. In all these passages the R.V. has "brook" and the A.V. "river.")

River of Gad

Probably the Arno (2 Samuel 24:5).

River of God

(Psalm 65:9), as opposed to earthly streams, denoting that the divine resources are inexhaustible, or the sum of all fertilizing streams that water the earth (Genesis 2:10).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who rives or splits.

2. (n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.

3. (n.) Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

4. (v. i.) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

REHOBOTH BY THE RIVER

(rehobhoth ha-nahar; Codex Vaticanus Rhooboth (Rhoboth in Chronicles) he para potamon; Codex Alexandrinus Rhoboth): This city is mentioned only as the residence of Shaul, one of the rulers of Edom (Genesis 36:37 1 Chronicles 1:48). There is nothing to guide us with certainty as to the situation of the city. Eusebius (Onomasticon) places it in Idumaea (Gebalene), but no trace of a name resembling this has been found in the district. "The river" usually means the Euphrates. If the city could have been so far from Edom, it might be identified with Rahaba on the West of the river, 8 miles South of its confluence with the Khabur. Winckler thinks it might possibly be on the boundary between Palestine and Egypt, "the river" being Wady el-`Arish, "the brook of Egypt" (Numbers 5 Joshua 15:4, etc.).

W. Ewing

RIVER

riv'-er:

(1) The usual word is nahar (Aramaic nehar (Ezra 4:10, etc.)), used of the rivers of Eden (Genesis 2:10-14), often of the Euphrates (Genesis 15:18, etc.), of Abana and Pharpar (2 Kings 5:12), the river of Gozan (2 Kings 17:6), the river Chebar (Ezekiel 1:1), the rivers (canals?) of Babylon (Psalm 137:1), the rivers of Ethiopia (Isaiah 18:1 Zephaniah 3:10). Compare nahr, the common Arabic word for "river."

(2) ye'or, according to BDB from Egyptian iotr, 'io'r, "watercourse," often of the Nile (Exodus 1:22, etc.). InIsaiah 19:6, for ye'ore matsor, the King James Version "brooks of defense," the Revised Version (British and American) has "streams of Egypt." InIsaiah 19:7, 8, for ye'or, the King James Version "brooks," andZechariah 10:11, the King James Version "river," the Revised Version (British and American) has "Nile." InJob 28:10, the King James Version "He cutteth out rivers among the rocks," the Revised Version (British and American) has "channels," the Revised Version margin "passages."

(3) There are nearly 100 references to nachal. In about half of these the King James Version has "brook" and in about half "river." the Revised Version (British and American) has more often "brook" or "valley." But the Revised Version (British and American) has river in "whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers" (Leviticus 11:9); "the river Jabbok" (Deuteronomy 2:37 Joshua 12:2); the stream issuing from the temple (Ezekiel 47:5-12). the Revised Version (British and American) has "brook of Egypt," i.e. el-`Arish (Numbers 34:5 Joshua 15:47 1 Kings 8:65 2 Kings 24:7 2 Chronicles 7:8 Amos 6:14, "of the Arabah"); "brook (the King James Version "river") of Kanah" (Joshua 16:8); "valley (the King James Version "river") of the Arnon" (Deuteronomy 2:24). English Versions of the Bible has "valley": of Gerar (Genesis 26:17), of Zered (Numbers 21:12), but "brook Zered" (Deuteronomy 2:13), of Eschol (Numbers 32:9), of Sorek (Judges 16:4), of Shittim (Joel 3:18). English Versions of the Bible has "brook": Besor (1 Samuel 30:10), Kidron (2 Samuel 15:23), Gaash, (2 Samuel 23:30), Cherith (1 Kings 17:3); also the feminine nachalah, "brook (the King James Version "river") of Egypt" (Ezekiel 47:19;Ezekiel 48:28). The torrent-valley (wady) is often meant.

(4) pelegh, with feminine pelaggah, the King James Version "river," is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "stream," except English Versions of the Bible "river of God" (Psalm 65:9); "streams of water" (Psalm 1:3 Proverbs 5:16 Isaiah 32:2 Lamentations 3:48); "streams of honey" (Job 20:17); "streams of oil" (Job 29:6).

(5) 'aphiq, the King James Version "river," except English Versions of the Bible "water brooks" (Psalm 42:1), is in the Revised Version (British and American) "watercourses" (Ezekiel 6:3;Ezekiel 31:12;Ezekiel 32:6;Ezekiel 34:13;Ezekiel 35:8; 36:4, 6), "water-brooks" (Songs 5:12 Joel 1:20).

(6) yubhal, English Versions of the Bible "river" (Jeremiah 17:8). 'ubhal, and 'ubhal, English Versions of the Bible "river" (Daniel 8:2, 3, 6).

(7) potamos: of the Jordan (Mark 1:5); Euphrates (Revelation 9:14); "rivers of living water" (John 7:38); "river of water of life" (Revelation 22:1). So always in Greek for "river" in the Revised Version (British and American) Apocrypha (1 Esdras 4:23, etc.).

SeeBROOK;STREAM; VALLEY.

Alfred Ely Day

EGYPT, BROOK (RIVER, STREAM) OF

SeeBROOK OF EGYPT.

RIVER OF EGYPT

SeeBROOK OF EGYPT.

RIVER, THE (GREAT)

SeeEUPHRATES.

Greek

4215. potamos -- ariver
... ariver. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: potamos Phonetic Spelling:
(pot-am-os') Short Definition: ariver, torrent Definition: ariver, torrent...

2446. Iordanes -- the Jordan, the largestriver of Pal.
... 2445, 2446. Iordanes. 2447 . the Jordan, the largestriver of Pal.... Word Origin
of Hebrew origin Yarden Definition the Jordan, the largestriver of Pal....

2166. Euphrates -- Euphrates, ariver of Asia
... Euphrates, ariver of Asia. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Euphrates
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-frat'-ace) Short Definition: the Euphrates...

897. Babulon -- "gate of god(s)," Babylon, a large city situated...
... 896, 897. Babulon. 898 . "gate of god(s)," Babylon, a large city situated astride
the Euphratesriver. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Babulon...

5297. hupophero -- to bear by being under, to endure
... 5297 (from 5259 , "under" and 5342 , "bear, carry") -- properly, carry-under (like
an under-current of ariver carrying someone away, ); (figuratively) to...

5477. Chanaan -- Canaan, earlier name of Pal.
... Chanaan Phonetic Spelling: (khan-ah-an') Short Definition: Canaan Definition: Canaan,
the whole of Palestine or Palestine west of theriver Jordan....

4011. Perge -- Perga, a city of Pamphylia
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Perge Phonetic Spelling:
(perg'-ay) Short Definition: Perga Definition: Perga, a city on theriver Cestrus...

4216. potamophoretos -- carried away by a stream
... carried away by flood. From potamos and a derivative of phoreo;river-borne, ie
Overwhelmed by a stream -- carried away of the flood. see GREEK potamos....

5086. Tiberios -- Tiberius, a Roman emperor
... Tiberius. Of Latin origin; probably pertaining to theriver Tiberis or Tiber; Tiberius,
a Roman emperor -- Tiberius. (tiberiou) -- 1 Occurrence. 5085, 5086....

490. Antiocheia -- Antioch, the name of two cities
... Transliteration: Antiocheia Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-okh'-i-ah) Short Definition:
Antioch Definition: Antioch, (a) Antioch on theriver Orontes, capital of...

Strong's Hebrew

5103. nehar -- ariver
... 5102b, 5103. nehar. 5104 . ariver. Transliteration: nehar Phonetic Spelling:
(neh-har') Short Definition:river. Word Origin (Aramaic...

5104. nahar -- a stream,river
... 5103, 5104. nahar. 5105 . a stream,river. Transliteration: nahar Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-hawr') Short Definition:river. Word Origin...

180. ubal -- a stream,river
... 179, 180. ubal. 181 . a stream,river. Transliteration: ubal Phonetic
Spelling: (oo-bawl') Short Definition: canal. Word...river. Or...

3529. Kebar -- ariver of Bab.
... Kebar. 3530 . ariver of Bab. Transliteration: Kebar Phonetic Spelling: (keb-awr')
Short Definition: Chebar. Word Origin from kabar Definition ariver of Bab....

2249. Chabor -- ariver of Assyr.
... 2248, 2249. Chabor. 2250 . ariver of Assyr.... Word Origin from chabar
Definition ariver of Assyr. NASB Word Usage Habor (3). Habor....

71. Abanah -- ariver near Damascus
... 70, 71. Abanah. 72 . ariver near Damascus. Transliteration: Abanah Phonetic
Spelling: (ab-aw-naw') Short Definition: Abanah. Word...

3383. Yarden -- the principalriver of Pal.
... 3382, 3383. Yarden. 3384 . the principalriver of Pal.... Word Origin from yarad
Definition the principalriver of Pal. NASB Word Usage Jordan (182). Jordan....

1415. gadah -- bank (of ariver)
... 1414, 1415. gadah. 1416 . bank (of ariver). Transliteration: gadah
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-daw') Short Definition: banks. Word...

6554. Parpar -- ariver near Damascus
... 6553, 6554. Parpar. 6555 . ariver near Damascus. Transliteration: Parpar
Phonetic Spelling: (par-par') Short Definition: Pharpar....

6578. Perath -- ariver of W. Asia
... 6577, 6578. Perath. 6579 . ariver of W. Asia. Transliteration: Perath
Phonetic Spelling: (per-awth') Short Definition: Euphrates....

Library

TheRiver of Life
... THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL THERIVER OF LIFE. Waters... Ezekiel 47:1. Unlike most great
cities, Jerusalem was not situated on a greatriver. True...

The Lake and theRiver
... THE LAKE AND THERIVER.... I venture to say that my text shows us a lake, ariver, a
pitcher, and a draught. 'God so loved the world'"that is the lake....

TheRiver of God
... TheRiver of God. CPC Psalm 46:4. From the Rock that God has riven. Flows the sacred
river,. Through the wastes of barren ages,. Ever and for ever....

River and Rock
... I. JOHNRIVER AND ROCK.... If I might venture to cast the two thoughts into
metaphorical form, I should say that here are ariver and a rock....

The City andRiver of God
... VOLUME I: PSALMS I to XLIX THE CITY ANDRIVER OF GOD. 'There is ariver,
the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the...

November the Thirtieth the Spring and theRiver
... NOVEMBER The Thirtieth THE SPRING AND THERIVER. "With the Lord there is mercy."
"Psalm 130.p>... "There is forgiveness with Thee." That is the quickeningriver....

Crossing theRiver
... Book First CCCLXXXVI CROSSING THERIVER. In some lone walk through sunburnt fields,...
A grove of deep and tender green,. And found ariver flows between?...

TheRiver of Egypt and Its Dragon, Contrasted with the Jordan.
... Sixth Book. 29. TheRiver of Egypt and Its Dragon, Contrasted with the
Jordan. But that the Spirit in the inspired Scriptures is...

ARiver of Peace and Waves of Righteousness
... ARIVER OF PEACE AND WAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.... then had thy peace been as ariver,
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.'" Isaiah 48:18....

TheRiver Flowing from the Throne of God is a Figure of the Holy...
... Book III. Chapter XX. Theriver flowing from the Throne of God is a figure
of the Holy Spirit? Theriver flowing from the Throne...

Thesaurus

River (189 Occurrences)
...River.... (3.) Nahar, a "river" continuous and full, a perennial stream, as the Jordan,
the Euphrates (Genesis 2:10; 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7; Psalm 66:6; Ezek....

River's (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version ConcordanceRiver's (5 Occurrences).... She put the child in it, and laid
it in the reeds by theriver's bank. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)....

River-grass (3 Occurrences)
River-grass.River-crossing,River-grass.River-plant . Multi-Version
ConcordanceRiver-grass (3 Occurrences). Genesis 41:2 And...

River-side (2 Occurrences)
River-side. Riverside,River-side. Rivulet . Multi-Version
ConcordanceRiver-side (2 Occurrences). Exodus 2:5 And the...

River-plant (1 Occurrence)
River-plant.River-grass,River-plant.River-plants . Multi-Version
ConcordanceRiver-plant (1 Occurrence). Job 8:11 Will theriver...

River-plants (1 Occurrence)
River-plants.River-plant,River-plants. Rivers . Multi-Version
ConcordanceRiver-plants (1 Occurrence). Exodus 2:5...

River-crossing (1 Occurrence)
River-crossing. Riverbed,River-crossing.River-grass . Multi-Version
ConcordanceRiver-crossing (1 Occurrence). Joshua...

River-beast (1 Occurrence)
River-beast. Riverbank,River-beast. Riverbed . Multi-Version
ConcordanceRiver-beast (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 29:3 Say...

Phrat (17 Occurrences)
... Genesis 2:14 The name of the thirdriver is Hiddekel: this is the one which
flows in front of Assyria. The fourthriver is the Euphrates....

Euphra'tes (33 Occurrences)
... Revelation 9:14 saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, 'Loose the four
messengers who are bound at the greatriver Euphrates;' (See RSV)....

Resources

What is the significance of the Jordan River in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is the river of life? | GotQuestions.org

What is the meaning of Pishon in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

River: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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River (189 Occurrences)

Matthew 3:6
and they were baptized of him in theriver Jordan, confessing their sins.
(ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 1:5
All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordanriver, confessing their sins.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:49
But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of theriver came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
(BBE)

Acts 16:13
On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the greatriver Euphrates!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 12:15
The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like ariver, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 12:16
The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up theriver which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 16:12
The sixth poured out his bowl on the greatriver, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 22:1
He showed me ariver of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 22:2
in the middle of its street. On this side of theriver and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:10
Ariver went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:13
The name of the secondriver is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:14
The name of the thirdriver is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from theriver of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 31:21
So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over theRiver, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 32:22
And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over theriver Jabbok.
(BBE)

Genesis 32:23
and he took them and led them over theriver, and led over what he had.
(DBY)

Genesis 36:37
Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by theriver, reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 41:1
It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by theriver.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 41:2
Behold, there came up out of theriver seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Genesis 41:3
Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of theriver, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Genesis 41:17
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of theriver:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 41:18
and behold, there came up out of theriver seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Exodus 1:22
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into theriver, and every daughter you shall save alive."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 2:3
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by theriver's bank.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 2:5
Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at theriver. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Exodus 4:9
It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of theriver, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Exodus 7:15
Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by theriver's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 7:17
Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in theriver, and they shall be turned to blood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 7:18
The fish that are in theriver shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Exodus 7:20
Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in theriver, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 7:21
The fish that were in theriver died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Exodus 7:24
All the Egyptians dug around theriver for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Exodus 7:25
Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck theriver.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 8:3
and theriver shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 8:9
Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in theriver only."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 8:11
The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in theriver only."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 17:5
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest theriver, take in thine hand, and go.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 23:31
I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to theRiver; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 22:5
He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by theRiver, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 24:6
As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:5
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto theriver of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 1:7
turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the greatriver, the river Euphrates.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 2:24
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over theriver Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is by the brink of theriver of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
(KJV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 2:37
only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn't come near; all the side of theriver Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 3:8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from theriver of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
(KJV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by theriver Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 3:16
To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border of it, even to theriver Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 3:17
As well as the Arabah, with theriver Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 4:48
From Aroer, which is by the bank of theriver Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
(KJV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from theriver, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 1:2
"Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them, even to the children of Israel.
(See NIV)

Joshua 1:4
From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the greatriver, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 1:11
Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over thisriver Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
(BBE)

Joshua 2:23
Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
(See NIV)

Joshua 3:8
You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying,'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"
(See NIV)

Joshua 4:18
It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.
(See NIV)

Joshua 4:22
Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over thisriver Jordan on dry land.
(BBE)

Joshua 12:1
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from theriver Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
(KJV DBY WBS)

Joshua 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to theriver Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Joshua 13:9
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of theriver Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
(KJV DBY WBS)

Joshua 13:16
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of theriver Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
(KJV DBY WBS)

Joshua 15:4
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto theriver of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 15:7
The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of theriver. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS)

Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto theriver of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto theriver Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Joshua 17:9
And the coast descended unto theriver Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 19:11
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to theriver that is before Jokneam;
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Your fathers lived of old time beyond theRiver, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 24:3
I took your father Abraham from beyond theRiver, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 24:14
"Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond theRiver, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 24:15
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond theRiver, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 4:7
I will draw to you, to theriver Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.'"
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 4:13
Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to theriver Kishon.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:21
Theriver Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NIV)

2 Samuel 8:3
David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at theRiver.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 10:16
Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond theRiver: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 15:28
See, I will be waiting at the way across theriver, in the waste land, till I get news from you.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 17:13
Moreover, if he be gone into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into theriver, until there isn't one small stone found there."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 17:16
So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across theriver to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 17:21
It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, "Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you."
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 19:18
And kept going across theriver to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,
(BBE)

2 Samuel 24:5
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of theriver of Gad, and toward Jazer:
(KJV WBS)

1 Kings 4:21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from theRiver to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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1 Kings 4:24
For he had dominion over all the region on this side theRiver, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Kings 7:46
He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across theriver, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.
(BBE)

1 Kings 8:65
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto theriver of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
(KJV BBE WBS)

1 Kings 14:15
For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond theRiver, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 10:33
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by theriver Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
(KJV DBY WBS)

2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, theriver of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, theriver of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
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2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to theriver Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 24:7
The king of Egypt didn't come again out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to theriver Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:48
Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by theRiver reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 5:9
and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from theriver Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 5:26
The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to theriver of Gozan, to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:15
It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when theriver was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 13:5
So David sent for all Israel to come together, from Shihor, theriver of Egypt, as far as the way into Hamath, to get the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
(BBE NIV)

1 Chronicles 18:3
David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by theriver Euphrates.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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