H7883 - שִׁיחוֹר (Shîychôwr)

H7883 שִׁיחוֹר (Shîychôwr) shee-khore'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Shihor

Strong's Definition

Shichor, a stream of Egypt

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

KJV Usage: Shihor, Sihor.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Shihor or Sihor = "dark"

1) a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Shihor or Sihor = "dark" a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁחֹר / שִׁחוֹר / שִׁיחוֹר shý̂ychôr / shichôr BDB Definition: Shihor or Sihor = dark 1) a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile Part of Speech: noun proper feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from H7835 Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

13:3

13:5

23:3

2:18

Joshua 13:3

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;

1 Chronicles 13:5

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

Isaiah 23:3

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

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates