יְאֹר

Strong’s Definition

a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria

Etymology & Derivation

of Egyptian origin;

KJV Usage

brook, flood, river, stream.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.river, stream, canal, nile, nile-canal
• 2.stream, river (nile)
• 3.nile-arms, nile-canals
• 4.watercourses
• 5.shafts (mining)
• 6.river (generally)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yᵉʼôr; Pronunciation: yeh-ore'