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Hiddekel
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hid´ē̇ - kel ( חדּקל , ḥiddeḳel ): One of the rivers of EDEN (which see) (Genesis 2:14 , the Revised Version margin "that is, Tigris"; so Septuagint Τίγρις , Tı́gris ), said to flow East to Assyria, usually identified with the Tigris, which rises in Armenia near Lake Van and, after flowing Southeast through 8 degrees of latitude, joins the Euphrates in Babylonia to form the Shatt el -'Arab , which runs for 100 miles through a delta which has been formed since the time of Abraham, and now enters the Persian Gulf through 2 branches. About one-third of the distance below its source, and soon after it emerges from the mountains of Kurdistan, the Tigris passes by Mosul, the site of ancient Nineveh, and, lower down at Bagdad, approaches within a few miles of the Euphrates. Here and for many miles below, since the level is lower than that of the Euphrates, numerous canals are conducted to it, irrigating the most fertile portions of Babylonia.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Hiddekel'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/hiddekel.html. 1915.
