Hebrew word

nachal

nakh'-al

נַחַל

What it means

a stream, especially a winter torrent

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

Where it comes from

or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from nâchal (נָחַל) in its original sense

How the King James translates it

river47
brook36
valley16
rivers8
brooks8
stream6
valleys5
streams4

Every place it appears 135

Genesis26:17 26:19 32:23

Leviticus11:9 11:10 23:40

Numbers13:23 13:24 21:12 21:14 21:15 24:6 32:9 34:5

Deuteronomy1:24 2:13 2:14 2:24 2:36 2:37 3:8 3:12 3:16 4:48 8:7 9:21 10:7 21:4

Joshua12:1 12:2 13:9 13:16 15:4 15:7 15:47 16:8 17:9 19:11

Judges4:7 4:13 5:21 16:4

1 Samuel15:5 17:40 30:9 30:10 30:21

2 Samuel15:23 17:13 22:5 23:30 24:5

1 Kings2:37 8:65 15:13 17:3 17:4 17:5 17:6 17:7 18:5 18:40

2 Kings3:16 3:17 10:33 23:6 23:12 24:7

1 Chronicles11:32

2 Chronicles7:8 15:16 20:16 29:16 30:14 32:4 33:14

Nehemiah2:15

Job6:15 20:17 21:33 28:4 30:6 40:22

Psalms18:4 36:8 74:15 78:20 83:9 104:10 110:7 124:4

Proverbs30:17

Ecclesiastes1:7

Song of Solomon6:11

Isaiah7:19 11:15 15:7 27:12 30:28 30:33 34:9 35:6 57:5 57:6 66:12

Jeremiah31:9 31:40 47:2

Lamentations2:18

Ezekiel47:5 47:7 47:9 47:12 47:19 48:28

Joel3:18

Amos6:14

Micah6:7

nachal — Hebrew word meaning “a stream, especially a winter t”