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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Four
Hebrew
words are translated “brook.”
1.
aphiq
(
Psa. 42:1
1
<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.>> As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psalm 42:1)
), water held in by banks, translated also “channel.”
2.
yeor
(
Isa. 19:6-8
6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
7
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
8
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. (Isaiah 19:6‑8)
), a
river
, canal, fosse: applied to the
Nile
in
Exodus 1:22
22
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. (Exodus 1:22)
, &c.
3.
mikal
(
2 Sam. 17:20
20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 17:20)
), a small brook.
4.
nachal
(
Gen. 32:23
23
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. (Genesis 32:23)
), a mountain torrent often dry in
summer
, and thus often disappointing, as in
Job 6:15
15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; (Job 6:15)
. Such are numerous in
Palestine
. (This is
the word
in all the passages where “brook” occurs in the
Old
Testament
except those above enumerated.) The same is called in the
New
Testament, χείμαρρος, “
winter
flowing” (
John 18:1
1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. (John 18:1)
). Its Eastern name is
wady
.
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