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Strong's H5158 נַחַל (nachal)

Nachal means “brook” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5158 — tropos (“conversation”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5158
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 123
Books 25

Strong's H5158 Quick Answer

Strong's H5158 נַחַל נַחלָה נַחֲלָה (nachal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nachal (nakh'-al) (or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124) n-m. 1. a stream, especially a winter torrent 2. (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs) It has 123 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include brook, valley, which, stream, and brooks. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
nachal (nakh'-al) (or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124) n-m. 1. a stream, especially a winter torrent 2. (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs)
Usage
123 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
brook, valley, which, stream, and brooks

Meaning and Definition

nachal (nakh'-al) (or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124) n-m. 1. a stream, especially a winter torrent 2. (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs) 3. (also) a shaft (of a mine) [from H5157 in its original sense] KJV: brook, flood, river, stream, valley. Root(s): H5157

Original Word
נַחַל נַחלָה נַחֲלָה
Transliteration
nachal
Derivation
Root: נחל First root strongs: 5157
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5158. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

torrent: river

Usage: : river/bed 1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley 1a) torrent 1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) 1c) shaft (of mine) Also means: na.chal (נַ֫חַל ": valley" H5158N)

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How Strong's H5158 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nachal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

brook Genesis 32:23 24× valley Numbers 21:12 18× which Leviticus 11:10 16× stream Numbers 21:15 brooks Numbers 21:14 valleys Numbers 24:6 streams Psalms 78:20 run Ecclesiastes 1:7

How Strong's H5158 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 123 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5158 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5158 in the Old Testament

123 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 26:17 KJV

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Genesis 26:19 KJV

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Genesis 32:23 KJV

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5158.

Genesis 26:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Genesis 32:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
Leviticus 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Leviticus 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Leviticus 23:40 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Numbers 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Numbers 13:24 Old Testament, KJV
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
Numbers 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
Numbers 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
Numbers 21:15 Old Testament, KJV
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
Numbers 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Numbers 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
Numbers 34:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
Deuteronomy 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Deuteronomy 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
Deuteronomy 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
Deuteronomy 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy 2:36 Old Testament, KJV
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy 2:37 Old Testament, KJV
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
Deuteronomy 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Deuteronomy 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
Deuteronomy 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Deuteronomy 4:48 Old Testament, KJV
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Deuteronomy 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Deuteronomy 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
Deuteronomy 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
Deuteronomy 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
Deuteronomy 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
Joshua 12:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Joshua 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
Joshua 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
Joshua 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
Joshua 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
Joshua 15:47 Old Testament, KJV
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
Joshua 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
Joshua 17:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
Joshua 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
Judges 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
Judges 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
Judges 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Judges 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
1 Samuel 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
1 Samuel 17:40 Old Testament, KJV
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
1 Samuel 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
1 Samuel 30:10 Old Testament, KJV
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
1 Samuel 30:21 Old Testament, KJV
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
2 Samuel 15:23 Old Testament, KJV
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
2 Samuel 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
2 Samuel 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Samuel 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
2 Samuel 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
1 Kings 2:37 Old Testament, KJV
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
1 Kings 8:65 Old Testament, KJV
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
1 Kings 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings 17:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
1 Kings 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
1 Kings 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
1 Kings 18:40 Old Testament, KJV
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
2 Kings 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
2 Kings 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
2 Kings 10:33 Old Testament, KJV
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
2 Kings 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
2 Kings 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
2 Kings 24:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 11:32 Old Testament, KJV
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
2 Chronicles 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
2 Chronicles 29:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
2 Chronicles 33:14 Old Testament, KJV
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Nehemiah 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
Job 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Job 21:33 Old Testament, KJV
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
Job 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job 28:4 Old Testament, KJV
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Job 30:6 Old Testament, KJV
To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
Job 40:22 Old Testament, KJV
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Psalms 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalms 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Psalms 74:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Psalms 78:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms 83:9 Old Testament, KJV
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Psalms 104:10 Old Testament, KJV
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms 110:7 Old Testament, KJV
He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
Psalms 124:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Proverbs 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 30:17 Old Testament, KJV
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Song of Solomon 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.
Isaiah 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Isaiah 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
Isaiah 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
Isaiah 30:28 Old Testament, KJV
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Isaiah 30:33 Old Testament, KJV
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Isaiah 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Isaiah 35:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 57:5 Old Testament, KJV
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
Isaiah 57:6 Old Testament, KJV
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Isaiah 66:12 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Jeremiah 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Jeremiah 47:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Lamentations 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Ezekiel 47:5 Old Testament, KJV
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
Ezekiel 47:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
Ezekiel 47:7 Old Testament, KJV
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ezekiel 47:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Ezekiel 47:12 Old Testament, KJV
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Ezekiel 47:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
Ezekiel 48:28 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Joel 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5158, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 8 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 15 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 10 usages, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5158 FAQ

What does nachal (נַחַל) mean?

Nachal (Strong's H5158) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "brook". nachal (nakh'-al) (or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124) n-m. 1. a stream, especially a winter torrent 2. (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs)

How many times is nachal (נַחַל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 123 linked usages for Strong's H5158 across 25 books.

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What English words translate nachal (נַחַל)?

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