שִׁיחוֹר
shichor · Shihor
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7883 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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shichor (שִׁיחוֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shihor”.
A stream at the border with Egypt. The name means "dark, murky."
How to say it
shi·chor
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Joshua 13:3
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and as far as the border of Ekron to the north, it is counted as Canaanite); the five rulers of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; and the Avvites
- 1 Chronicles 13:5
So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor of Egypt as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of Elohim from Kiriath-jearim.
- Isaiah 23:3
And on many waters was the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, its revenue; and it was the marketplace of nations.
- Jeremiah 2:18
And now, what is it to you on the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what is it to you on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?