Chiddeqel — H2313

Definition

masculine proper noun

the Chiddekel (or Tigris) river

1. Hiddekel = "rapid"
2. one of the rivers of Eden which coursed east toward Assyria; better known as the Tigris (the LXX equivalent)

Usually translated as

Hiddekel

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Occurrences

Chiddeqel occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Daniel (1)

• Genesis 2:14 — And the name of the third river is Hiddekel (חִדֶּ֔קֶל): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
• Daniel 10:4 — And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel (חִדָּֽקֶל);