STRONGS NUMBER G2166


Word Summary
Euphratēs: Euphrates, a river of Asia
Original Word: Εὐφράτης
Transliteration: Euphratēs
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-frat'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Euphrates, a river of Asia
Meaning: Euphrates -- a river of Asia
Strong's Concordance
Euphrates.

Of foreign origin (compare Prath); Euphrates, a river of Asia -- Euphrates.

see HEBREW Prath

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2166: Αὐφράτης

Αὐφράτης, Αὐφράτου, , Euphrates, a large and celebrated river, which rises in the mountains of Armenia Major, flows through Assyria, Syria, Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, and empties into the Persian Gulf (Hebrew פְּרָת (i. e. (probably) 'the great stream' (Genesis 1:18); cf. Fried. Delitzsch, Wo lag d. Par., p. 169)): Revelation 9:14; Revelation 16:12. (B. D. under the word and references there.)