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Brook

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A torrent.
  • Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. (Isaiah 15:7 ) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha.
  • It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4,47 ), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Numbers 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3 ).
  • In Isaiah 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.

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    These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
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    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Brook'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​b/brook.html. 1897.
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