This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
- Brook of Egypt: Southwestern boundary of the Promised Land
- Nile: The major river of Egypt, mentioned in various contexts
Definition
or שִׁחוֹר; or שִׁחֹר; probably from H7835; dark, i.e. turbid; Shichor, a stream of Egypt
Traditional renderings: Shihor, Sihor.
Traditional renderings: Shihor, Sihor.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4 total
- Joshua 13:3הַשִּׁיח֞וֹר · the Shihor…from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- 1 Chronicles 13:5שִׁיח֥וֹר · the [River] ShihorSo David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- Isaiah 23:3שִׁחֹ֔ר · of ShihorOn the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
- Jeremiah 2:18שִׁח֑וֹר · of the NileNow what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?