Watercourse
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors
wo'-ter-kors:
(1) 'aphiq (Eze 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13; 35:8; 36:4,6), the King James Version "river," elsewhere "stream," "channel," or "brook."
(2) pelegh (Pr 21:1). "The king's heart is in the hand of Yahweh as the watercourses," the King James Version "rivers," elsewhere "streams" or "rivers."
(3) yabhal, yibheley mayim, "watercourses" (English Versions of the Bible) (Isa 44:4); in Isa 30:25, English Versions of the Bible has "streams of water"; compare yubhal, "rivers" (Jer 17:8); yubhal, "Jubal" (Ge 4:21); 'ubhal, "the river Ulai" (Da 8:2,3,6).
(4) te`alah, "channel," the King James Version "watercourse" (Job 38:25); elsewhere "conduit," "the conduit of the upper pool" (2Ki 18:17; Isa 7:3; 36:2).
(5) tsinnor, "watercourse," the King James Version "gutter" (2Sa 5:8).
See BROOK; RIVER; STREAM; WATERFALL.
Alfred Ely Day
Source of the article
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915