River: 1. Heb. 'aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water(2 Samuel 22:16) translated "brook," "river," "stream," but not
necessarily a perennial stream
(Ezekiel 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13)
2. Heb. nahal, in winter a "torrent," in summer a "wady" or valley
(Genesis 32:23; Deuteronomy 2:24; 3:16; Isaiah 30:28; Lamentations 2:18; Ezekiel 47:9) These winter
torrents sometimes come down with great suddenness and with
desolating force. A distinguished traveller thus describes his
experience in this matter:, "I was encamped in Wady Feiran, near
the base of Jebel Serbal, when a tremendous thunderstorm burst
upon us. After little more than an hour's rain, the water rose
so rapidly in the previously dry wady that I had to run for my
life, and with great difficulty succeeded in saving my tent and
goods; my boots, which I had not time to pick up, were washed
away. In less than two hours a dry desert wady upwards of 300
yards broad was turned into a foaming torrent from 8 to 10
feet deep, roaring and tearing down and bearing everything
upon it, tangled masses of tamarisks, hundreds of beautiful
palmtrees, scores of sheep and goats, camels and donkeys, and
even men, women, and children, for a whole encampment of Arabs
was washed away a few miles above me. The storm commenced at
five in the evening; at half-past nine the waters were rapidly
subsiding, and it was evident that the flood had spent its
force." (Comp.)
(Matthew 7:27; Luke 6:49)
3. Nahar, a "river" continuous and full, a perennial stream, as the
Jordan, the Euphrates
(Genesis 2:10; 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7; Psalms 66:6; Ezekiel 10:15)
4. Tel'alah, a conduit, or water-course
(1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 18:17; 20:20)
(Job 38:25; Ezekiel 31:4)
5. Peleg, properly "waters divided", i.e., streams divided,
throughout the land
(Psalms 1:3) "the rivers [i.e., 'divisions'] of
waters"
(Job 20:17; 29:6; Proverbs 5:16)
6. Ye'or, i.e., "great river", probably from an Egyptian word
(Aur), commonly applied to the Nile
(Genesis 41:1-3) but also to other
rivers
(Job 28:10; Isaiah 33:21)
7. Yubhal, "a river"
(Jeremiah 17:8) a full flowing stream.
8. 'Ubhal, "a river"
(Daniel 8:2)
