Strong H5158H5158Kנַ֫חַל
Brook
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
Brook of the Arabah: the wadi named in Amos 6:14, also rendered “river of the wilderness” or “valley of the Arabah.”
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
Brook of the Arabah
Eastern boundary of Jeroboam II's kingdom
The Brook of the Arabah was the eastern boundary of King Jeroboam II's kingdom.
In the Bible
Strong H5158K appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- river1
First verses
- Amos 6:14But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.