Sihor

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

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

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

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

Holman Bible Dictionary

Shihor

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See SHIHOR.)

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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.