Strong H5158H5158Hנַ֫חַל

(Eshcol) Valley

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

Definition

Combined with esh.kol (אֶשְׁכֹּל " of Eshcol" H812H)

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 biblical story

Eshcol Valley

Valley where Israelite spies obtained a large cluster of grapes

The Eshcol Valley, where the Israelite spies cut down a large cluster of grapes during their reconnaissance mission in Canaan.

In the Bible

Strong H5158H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

brook2
valley2

First verses

Numbers 13:23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Numbers 13:24
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
Numbers 32:9
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.
Deuteronomy 1:24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.