Stream
Stream [1]
strēm : (1) נחל , naḥal , English Versions of the Bible "stream," as: "Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed" ( Psalm 78:20 ). Often "valley," as "the valley (the King James Version "river") of the Arnon" ( Deuteronomy 2:24 ); or "brook," as "the brook (the King James Version "river") of Egypt" ( Joshua 15:4; see Brook or Egypt ); or "river," as "the river Kishon" ( Judges 4:7 ). (2) נהת , nāhār (Aramaic נהר ciam , nehar ( Daniel 7:10 ); compare Arabic nahr , "river"): "He bindeth the streams," the King James Version "floods" ( Job 28:11 ); "the River" (Euphrates) ( Exodus 23:31 , etc.); "Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus" ( 2 Kings 5:12 ). (3) פּלג , pelegh , the root פּולג , pālagh , "to split," "to divide," hence, "cleft," "channel": "a tree planted by the streams (the King James Version "rivers") of water" ( Psalm 1:3 ); "There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God" ( Psalm 46:4 ); but: "The king's heart is ... as the watercourses" (the King James Version "rivers of water") ( Proverbs 21:1 ). (4) אפיק , 'āphı̄ḳ , the root אפק , 'āphaḳ , "to be strong," hence, "channel," "valley," as holding, confining ( BDB ): "the streams in the South" ( Psalm 126:4 ); elsewhere "brook," as "the brooks (the King James Version "rivers") of Judah" ( Joel 3:18 ); or "channel," as "the channel of brooks" ( Job 6:15 ); or "watercourses" (the Revised Version margin "ravines," the King James Version "rivers") ( Ezekiel 6:3 , etc.). (5) יאור , ye'ōr , from Egyptian 'iotr , 'io‛r , especially of the Nile, as: "Seven other kine came up after them out of the river" ( Genesis 41:3 ); the Revised Version (British and American) "stream," the King James Version "river" ( Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:5 );, the Revised Version (British and American) "stream," the King James Version "brook"; "The streams (margin "canals") of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up" ( Isaiah 19:6 ). (6) יבל , yābhāl , the root יבל , yābhal , "to bear along": "brooks and streams of waters" ( Isaiah 30:25 ); compare יוּבל , yūbhal , "river," "that spreadeth out its roots by the river" ( Jeremiah 17:8 ); אוּבל , 'ūbhal , "the river Ulai" ( Daniel 8:2 ). (7) נזל , nāzal , "to flow," "to trickle": "He brought streams also out of the rock" ( Psalm 78:16 ). (8) אשׁד , 'eshedh , "the slope of the valleys," the King James Version "the stream of the brooks" ( Numbers 21:15 ); compare אשׁדות , 'ăshēdhōth , "the slopes" ( Joshua 10:40 ); "the slopes (margin "springs") of Pisgah" ( Deuteronomy 3:17 ). (9) ποταμός , potamós , "The stream brake against that house" ( Luke 6:48 , Luke 6:49 ); elsewhere "river," as "the river Jordan" ( Mark 1:5 ). (10) κλύδων , klúdōn , "stream," the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 19:7 (the Revised Version (British and American) "surge"). See Brook; Canal; Channel; River; Vale; Watercourse .
