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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Εὐφράτης
Εὐφράτης
G2166
Transliteration: Euphrátēs
Pronunciation: yoo-frat'-ace
Definition: Euphrates
- Original: Εὐφράτης - Transliteration: Euphrates - Phonetic: yoo-frat'-ace
- Definition: Euphrates = "the good and abounding river"
1. a large, famous river which rises in the mountains of Armenia Major, flows through Assyria, Syria, Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, and empties into the Gulf of Persia
- Origin: of foreign origin, cf G6578" class="dictionary-topic-link">G6578 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Of foreign origin (compare [H6578" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6578]); Euphrates a river of Asia: - Euphrates.