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Tigris
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Ti'gris. Tigris is used by the Septuagint (LXX) as the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word, Hiddekel, and occurs also in several of the apocryphal books, as in Tobit, Tobit 6:1, Judith, Judith 1:6, and Ecclesiasticus, (or Son of Sirach), Sirach 24:25. The Tigris, like the Euphrates, rises from two principal sources, in the Armenian mountains, and flows into the Euphrates. Its length, exclusive of windings, is reckoned at 1146 miles.
It receives, along its middle and lower course, no fewer than five important tributaries. These are the river of Zakko, or eastern Khabour, the Great Zab, (Zab Ala), the Lesser Zab, (Zab Asfal, the Adhem, and the Diyaleh, or ancient Gyndes. All these rivers flow from the high range of Zagros.
We find but little mention of the Tigris in Scripture. It appears, indeed, under the name of Hiddekel, among the rivers of Eden, Genesis 2:14, and is there, correctly, described as "running eastward to Assyria;" but after this, we hear no more of it, if we accept one doubtful allusion in Nahum, Nahum 2:6, until the captivity, when it becomes well known to the prophet, Daniel. With him it is, "the Great River." The Tigris, in its upper course, anciently ran through Armenia and Assyria.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Tigris'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/t/tigris.html. 1901.
