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Euphrates

great river

Great river of Mesopotamia marking the northeastern reach of biblical lands.

22 appearances10 Bible books4 known aliases

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Major river of Mesopotamia named among the rivers associated with and repeatedly used as a boundary marker for the lands promised to 's descendants. 's victories reach toward it, prophets locate imperial conflicts near it, and Revelation pictures angels bound at the great river Euphrates. Along with the Tigris, it anchors the river-land of and the world of .

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