Nile River
nil (Neilos, meaning not certainly known; perhaps refers to
the color of the water, as black or blue. This name does not
occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament or in the English
translation):
I. THE NILE IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
1. Description
2. Geological Origin
3. The Making of Egypt
4. The Inundation
5. The Infiltration
II. THE NILE IN HISTOR...
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Called THE RIVER
Isa 11:15; 19:5-10; Eze 29:4; Am 8:8
-Called SIHOR
Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18...
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(blue, dark), the great river of Egypt. The word Nile
nowhere occurs in the Authorized Version but it is spoken of
under the names of Sihor [SIHOR] and the "river of Egypt."
Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of
the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the
question. There is scarcely a doubt that its largest
confluent i...
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dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to
in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e.,
"the black
stream" (Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18) or simply "the river"
(Gen. 41:1;
Ex. 1:22, etc.) and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8).
It consists
of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in
the
Victoria Nyanza, and the B...
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Not so named in the Bible; related to Sanskrit Nilah,
"blue." The Nile has two names: the sacred name Hapi, or
Hapi-mu, "the abyss of waters," Hp-ro-mu, "the waters whose
source is hidden"; and the common name Yeor Aor, Aur (Atur):
both Egyptian names. Shihor, "the black river," is its other
Bible name, Greek Melas or Kmelas, Latin Melo, darke...
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