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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68805" /> ==
<p> ''''' sı̄´hôr ''''' . See [[Shihor]] . </p>
<p> This refers to the river Nile. In Joshua 13:3 it is "Sihor which is before Egypt." In Isaiah 23:3 the produce of the harvest of [[Egypt]] was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the [[Syrian]] merchants. In Jeremiah 2:18 [[Israel]] is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile; that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God: cf. Jeremiah 2:36 . In 1 Chronicles 13:5 it is written SHIHOR, as the south-west boundary of Palestine. Some consider that Joshua 13:3 and 1 Chronicles 13:5 refer to the <i> [[Wady]] </i> <i> el Arish, </i> which was also called 'the river of Egypt.' </p>
       
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74934" /> ==
<p> Si'hor. (dark). Accurately, Shi'hor, once, The Shihor, or [[Shihor]] of Egypt, when unqualified, a name of the Nile. It is held to signify "the black" or "turbid". In Jeremiah, the identity of Shihor with the Nile seems distinctly stated. Jeremiah 2:18. The stream mentioned in 1 Chronicles 13:5 is possibly that of the Wadi l' Areesh. </p>
       
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17079" /> ==
<p> Black or turbid, the Nile. In Isaiah 23:3 and Jeremiah 2:18 , this name must necessarily be understood of the Nile. In Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5 , some have understood it of the little river between Egypt and Judah. </p>
       
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33503" /> ==
       
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44028" /> ==
[[Shihor]]
       
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37296" /> ==
<p> (See SHIHOR.) </p>
       
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16735" /> ==
<p> Si´hor, more properly Shichor, the [[Hebrew]] proper name for the Nile . The word means 'black;' and a corresponding name or epithet was by the [[Greeks]] applied to the same river on account of the black slime left after the subsidence of the inundation. </p>
       
==References ==
==References ==
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<ref name="term_8329"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/sihor Sihor from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
 
<ref name="term_68805"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/sihor Sihor from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_74934"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/sihor Sihor from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_17079"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/sihor Sihor from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_33503"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/sihor Sihor from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_44028"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/sihor Sihor from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_37296"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/sihor Sihor from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_16735"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/sihor Sihor from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
       
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Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]

This refers to the river Nile. In Joshua 13:3 it is "Sihor which is before Egypt." In Isaiah 23:3 the produce of the harvest of Egypt was brought to the sea by the river, and from thence was fetched by the Syrian merchants. In Jeremiah 2:18 Israel is warned against seeking the waters of the Nile; that is, trusting in Egypt instead of in God: cf. Jeremiah 2:36 . In 1 Chronicles 13:5 it is written SHIHOR, as the south-west boundary of Palestine. Some consider that Joshua 13:3 and 1 Chronicles 13:5 refer to the Wady el Arish, which was also called 'the river of Egypt.'

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Si'hor. (dark). Accurately, Shi'hor, once, The Shihor, or Shihor of Egypt, when unqualified, a name of the Nile. It is held to signify "the black" or "turbid". In Jeremiah, the identity of Shihor with the Nile seems distinctly stated. Jeremiah 2:18. The stream mentioned in 1 Chronicles 13:5 is possibly that of the Wadi l' Areesh.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [3]

Black or turbid, the Nile. In Isaiah 23:3 and Jeremiah 2:18 , this name must necessarily be understood of the Nile. In Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5 , some have understood it of the little river between Egypt and Judah.

Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]

Isaiah 23:3Jeremiah 2:18Joshua 13:3 1 Chronicles 13:5

Holman Bible Dictionary [5]

Shihor

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [6]

(See SHIHOR.)

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [7]

Si´hor, more properly Shichor, the Hebrew proper name for the Nile . The word means 'black;' and a corresponding name or epithet was by the Greeks applied to the same river on account of the black slime left after the subsidence of the inundation.

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