Strong H7883H7883Gשִׁיחוֹר
Shihor
One of the 2 senses of Strong H7883
- Transliteration
- shîychôr shichôr shichôr
- Pronunciation
- {shee-khore'} {shee-khore'} shee-khore'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
The Brook of Egypt (Shihor) marked the southwestern boundary of the Promised Land.
Meaning of the name
Shihor or Sihor = "dark"
General definition
Probably from H7835; {dark} that {is} turbid;
{Shichor} a stream of Egypt: - {Shihor} Sihor.
{Shichor} a stream of Egypt: - {Shihor} Sihor.
In the Bible
Strong H7883G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sihor2
First verses
- Joshua 13:3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Isaiah 23:3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.