שִׁיחוֹרShîychôwr
proper name [of a river]: on border of Egypt, probably east branch of Nile (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; Isaiah 23:3; Jeremiah 2:18)
Pronunciation: shee-khore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7883
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 13:3 and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites
- 1 Chronicles 13:5 So David summoned all Israel, from the Shihor Brook of Egypt in the south all the way to the town of Lebo-hamath in the north, to join in bringing the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- Isaiah 23:3 sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.
- Jeremiah 2:18 “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt and your covenants with Assyria? What good to you are the streams of the Nile or the waters of the Euphrates River?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).