Search:nile -> NILE
nile
n i l e hex:#110;#105;#108;#101;
The Salt of the World?
- Nile - n. - The great river of Egypt.
- Dahabeah - n. - A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
- Grivet - n. - A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
- Bolty - n. - An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
- Crocodile - n. - A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
- Shadoof - n. - A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
- Nilometer - n. - An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
- Bichir - n. - A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.
strongscsv:description
- H260 אָחוּ - 260 אָחוּ - אָחוּ - - ʼâchûw - aw'-khoo - of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile); flag, meadow. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G125 Αἴγυπτος - 125 Αἴγυπτος - ΑἼΓΥΠΤΟΣ - - Aígyptos - ah'-ee-goop-tos - of uncertain derivation; Ægyptus, the land of the Nile:--Egypt. - Noun Location - greek
- H930 בְּהֵמוֹת - 930 בְּהֵמוֹת - בְּהֵמוֹת - - bᵉhêmôwth - be-hay-mohth' - in form a plural or בְּהֵמָה, but really a singular of Egyptian derivation; a water-ox, i.e. the hippopotamus or Nile-horse; Behemoth. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5104 נָהָר - 5104 נָהָר - נָהָר - - nâhâr - naw-hawr' - from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5295 נַעֲרָן - 5295 נַעֲרָן - נַעֲרָן - - Naʻărân - nah-ar-awn' - from נַעַר; juvenile; Naaran, a place in Palestine; Naaran. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- G3512 νεωτερικός - 3512 νεωτερικός - ΝΕΩΤΕΡΙΚΌΣ - - neōterikós - neh-o-ter'-ik-os - from the comparative of νέος; appertaining to younger persons, i.e. juvenile:--youthful. - Adjective - greek
- H2975 יְאֹר - 2975 יְאֹר - יְאֹר - - yᵉʼôr - yeh-ore' - of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria; brook, flood, river, stream. - Noun Masculine - heb