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Sihor (I)

I. SIHOR, or Sichor: This is the Name of the Nile1. Sihor, or Shicor, in Hebrew, signifies Trouble. The Water of the Nile is generally troubled or turbid. See NILE.

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  1. Josh. xiii. 3. A fluvio turbido. Heb. A fluvio Sihor. ,שיחורShichor. Vid. & Jer. ii. 18. p. 730. ↩

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