Easton's Bible Dictionary
: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
Brook
A torrent.
Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (
Isa. 15:7
) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha.
It is also applied to winter torrents (
Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47
), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (
Num. 13:23; 1 Ki. 17:3
).
In
Isa. 19:7
the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.
Original from The Bible Foundation - bf.org. They claim public domain status for their original text.