16 occurrences

'River' in the Bible

And the rest of the nations which the great and noble Osnappar took over and put in Samaria and the rest of the country over the river:

This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:

We give you word, that if the building of this town and its walls is made complete, there will be an end of your power in the country across the river.

Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:

Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.

At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?

This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:

So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:

Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped.

Then Tattenai, the ruler across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their people, because of the order given by King Darius, did as he had said with all care.

And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,

And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

אבל אוּבל 
'uwbal 
Usage: 3

אפיק 
'aphiyq 
Usage: 19

יאר 
Y@`or 
Usage: 65

יוּבל 
Yuwbal 
Usage: 1

נהר 
N@har (Aramaic) 
Usage: 15

נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

פּלג 
Peleg 
Usage: 10

פּלגּה 
P@laggah 
Usage: 1

תּעלה 
T@`alah 
Usage: 11

ποταμός 
Potamos 
Usage: 11

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain