Tigris

A written article for Tigris is still to come. Below and alongside: where Tigris appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Tigris

Original word

  • חִדֶּקֶל hiddekel
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Where Tigris appears in Scripture

Genesis 2

וְשֵׁם הַנָּהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי חִדֶּקֶל הוּא הַֽהֹלֵךְ קִדְמַת אַשּׁוּר וְהַנָּהָר הָֽרְבִיעִי הוּא פְרָֽת׃
14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Daniel 10

וּבְיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַאֲנִי הָיִיתִי עַל יַד הַנָּהָר הַגָּדוֹל הוּא חִדָּֽקֶל׃
4
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;