Strong H5158H5158Aנַ֫חַל

torrent: river

One of the 10 senses of Strong H5158

Transliteration
nachal nachlâh nachălâh
Pronunciation
{nakh'-al} {nakh'-law} nakh-al-aw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: river/bed
1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley
1a) torrent
1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)
1c) shaft (of mine)
Also means: na.chal (נַ֫חַל ": valley" H5158N)

General definition

From H5157 in its original sense; a {stream} especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine): - {brook} {flood} {river} {stream} valley.

In the Bible

Strong H5158A appears in 61 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • brook23
  • river22
  • stream10
  • flood5
  • valley1

First verses

  1. Genesis 32:23
    And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
  2. Leviticus 11:9
    These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
  3. Leviticus 11:10
    And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
  4. Leviticus 23:40
    And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
  5. Deuteronomy 2:37
    Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.
  6. Deuteronomy 3:16
    And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
  7. Deuteronomy 8:7
    For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
  8. Deuteronomy 9:21
    And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
  9. Deuteronomy 10:7
    From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
  10. Joshua 12:2
    Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
  11. Joshua 16:8
    The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river 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.
  12. Joshua 17:9
    And the coast descended unto the river 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:
  13. Joshua 19:11
    And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
  14. Judges 4:7
    And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
  15. Judges 4:13
    And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
  16. Judges 5:21
    The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
  17. 1 Samuel 17:40
    And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
  18. 2 Samuel 15:23
    And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
  19. 2 Samuel 22:5
    When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
  20. 2 Samuel 23:30
    Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
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