Reference: Brook
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See RIVER.
Easton
a torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (Isa 15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha. (2.) It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Nu 34:5; Jos 15:4,47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Nu 13:23; 1Ki 17:3). (3.) In Isa 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.
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They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
Fausets
aphiquw. A torrent sweeping through a mountain gorge, in the poetical books alone. Yeor, the Nile canals, Isa 19:6-8; 23:3,10, but general in Da 12:5-7. Mical, a rivulet (2Sa 17:20). Nachal, the torrent bed, and the torrent itself (Nu 21:12; 1Ki 17:3); the Arabic wady; Indian nullah; Greek cheimarrous.
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From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that side.
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that side. One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Hastings
The Heb. words thus rendered are
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From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. read more. The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
Morish
Four Hebrew words are translated 'brook.'
1. aphiq, Ps 42:1: water held in by banks, translated also 'channel.'
2. yeor, Isa 19:6-8, a river, canal, fosse: applied to the Nile in Ex 1:22, etc.
3. mikal, 2Sa 17:20, a small brook.
4. nachal, Ge 32:23, etc., a mountain torrent often dry in summer, and thus often disappointing, as in Job 6:15. Such are numerous in Palestine. (This is the word in all the passages where 'brook' occurs in the O.T. except those above enumerated.) The same is called in the N.T. ?????????, 'winter flowing.' Joh 18:1. Its Eastern name is wady.
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Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. read more. The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
Watsons
BROOK is distinguished from a river by its flowing only at particular times; for example, after great rains, or the melting of the snow; whereas a river flows constantly at all seasons. However, this distinction is not always observed in the Scripture; and one is not unfrequently taken for the other,