Torrent
נַ֫חַלStrong’s H5158nachal (na-chal)
Appears in 123 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachal is the Hebrew word usually translated “wadi of”, “wadi” and “torrents of”. It appears in 123 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.”
Meaning
- Torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valleytorrent · torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) · shaft (of mine)
- Palm-tree
- § palm-tree
How it's translated
- wadi of 38
- the wadi 18
- in the wadi 7
- in wadi of 6
- torrents of 6
- wadi 6
- a wadi 4
- at wadi of 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 15
- Isaiah 11
- Joshua 10
- 1 Kings 10
- Numbers 8
- Psalms 8
25 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 26:19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
- Genesis 32:23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
- Leviticus 11:9These 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 11:10And 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 23:40And 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 13:23And 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.
All 123 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
נַ֫חַל nachal · torrent
: 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)
נַ֫חַל nachal · palm-tree
palm-tree
נַ֫חַל nachal · Brook
§ palm-tree
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “torrent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TOR'RENT, noun
[Latin torrens. This is the participle of torreo, to parch; Eng. tear.]
- A violent rushing stream of water or other fluid; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice; as a torrent of lava.
- A violent or rapid stream; a strong current; as a torrent of vices and follies; a torrent of corruption.
All definitions and other forms of “torrent”
TOR'RENT, adjective
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream; as waves of torrent fire.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.