נַ֫חַל

na.chaltorrent: river
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine141 occurrences25 books123 verses
This word comes from the name of Brook of Egypt.

Definition

or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), 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)
Traditional renderings: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

Glossary entries

Brook of Egypt Wadi Shihor Sihor Brook

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

141 total
  1. Judges 4:7נַ֣חַל · the River
    And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
  2. Judges 4:13נַ֥חַל · the River
    …he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
  3. Judges 5:21 (3×)נַ֤חַל · The River; נַ֥חַל · river; נַ֣חַל · the River
    The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
  4. Judges 16:4בְּנַ֣חַל · in the Valley
    Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
  5. 1 Samuel 15:5בַּנָּֽחַל׃ · in the valley
    Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
  6. 1 Samuel 17:40הַנַּ֡חַל · the brook
    And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
  7. 1 Samuel 30:9נַ֣חַל · the Brook
    So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
  8. 1 Samuel 30:10נַ֥חַל · the brook
    …because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
  9. 1 Samuel 30:21בְּנַ֣חַל · at the Brook
    When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
  10. 2 Samuel 15:23בְּנַ֣חַל · Valley
    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
  11. 2 Samuel 17:13הַנַּ֔חַל · the valley
    If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
  12. 2 Samuel 22:5נַחֲלֵ֥י · the torrents
    For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  13. 2 Samuel 23:30מִנַּ֥חֲלֵי · from the brooks
    Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
  14. 2 Samuel 24:5הַנַּ֥חַל · of the valley
    They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
  15. 1 Kings 2:37נַ֣חַל · Valley
    On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
  16. 1 Kings 8:65נַ֣חַל · the Brook
    So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
  17. 1 Kings 15:13בְּנַ֥חַל · Valley
    He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
  18. 1 Kings 17:3בְּנַ֣חַל · by the Brook
    “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  19. 1 Kings 17:4מֵהַנַּ֣חַל · from the brook
    And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
  20. 1 Kings 17:5בְּנַ֣חַל · by the Brook
    So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
  21. 1 Kings 17:6הַנַּ֖חַל · the brook
    The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
  22. 1 Kings 17:7הַנָּ֑חַל · the brook
    Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
  23. 1 Kings 18:5הַנְּחָלִ֑ים · valley
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
  24. 1 Kings 18:40נַ֣חַל · Valley
    Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
  25. 2 Kings 3:16הַנַּ֥חַל · valley
    …and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
  26. 2 Kings 3:17וְהַנַּ֥חַל · valley
    For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
  27. 2 Kings 10:33נַ֣חַל · Valley
    …from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
  28. 2 Kings 23:6 (2×)נַ֣חַל · Valley; בְּנַ֥חַל
    He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
  29. 2 Kings 23:12נַ֥חַל · Valley
    He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
  30. 2 Kings 24:7מִנַּ֤חַל · from the Brook
    Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  31. 1 Chronicles 11:32מִנַּ֣חֲלֵי · from the brooks
    Hurai from the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
  32. 2 Chronicles 7:8נַ֥חַל · the Brook
    So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
  33. 2 Chronicles 15:16בְּנַ֥חַל · Valley
    King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
  34. 2 Chronicles 20:16הַנַּ֔חַל · of the valley
    Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
  35. 2 Chronicles 29:16לְנַֽחַל־ · Valley
    So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
  36. 2 Chronicles 30:14לְנַ֥חַל · Valley
    They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
  37. 2 Chronicles 32:4הַנַּ֛חַל · and the stream
    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
  38. 2 Chronicles 33:14בַּנַּ֜חַל · in the valley
    After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
  39. Nehemiah 2:15בַנַּ֙חַל֙ · the valley
    …so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
  40. Job 6:15 (2×)נָ֑חַל · wadis; נְחָלִ֣ים
    But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
  41. Job 20:17נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י · flowing with
    He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
  42. Job 21:33נָ֥חַל · of the valley
    The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
  43. Job 22:24נְחָלִ֣ים · of the ravines
    …and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
  44. Job 28:4נַ֨חַל׀ · a shaft
    Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
  45. Job 30:6נְחָלִ֣ים · of the wadis
    …so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
  46. Job 40:22נָֽחַל׃ · of the brook
    The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.