Tigris
Tigris, one of the rivers flowing from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:14), and the location of Daniel's vision.
PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 2:14; only referred to as Tigris (חִדֶּ֫קֶל).
Location
- Identified as
- Tigris River
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.004° N, 47.442° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- חִדֶּ֫קֶלTigris
Mentions
- The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
- On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,