Hiddekel in some historical and religious texts
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Hiddekel is an ancient name, found in various historical and religious texts, for the river now commonly known as the Tigris.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiddekel in some historical and religious texts canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient geographical name
ⓘ
biblical river ⓘ river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tigris ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Christian patristic commentaries on Genesis
ⓘ
early Jewish exegesis on the rivers of Eden ⓘ medieval biblical geographies ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Garden of Eden
ⓘ
surface form:
Garden of Eden narrative
prophetic visions of Daniel ⓘ |
| associatedWithModernCountry |
Iraq
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| culturalRole | important in Near Eastern cosmological geography ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| equatedWith |
Tigris
ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River in Mesopotamia
|
| etymologyStatus | etymology uncertain ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Mesopotamia
|
| flowsThroughAncientCityRegion |
Assur region (via Tigris)
ⓘ
Ctesiphon ⓘ
surface form:
Ctesiphon region
Nineveh Plains ⓘ
surface form:
Nineveh region (via Tigris)
Seleucia-on-the-Tigris ⓘ
surface form:
Seleucia-on-the-Tigris region
|
| flowsToward | east of Assyria (biblical description) ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | forms part of the traditional boundary of Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateType | linear geographic feature ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalType | perennial river ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
key waterway of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations
ⓘ
major river of ancient Assyria ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Akkadian name Idiqlat (for Tigris)
ⓘ
Sumerian name Idigna (for Tigris) ⓘ |
| listedWith |
Euphrates
ⓘ
Gihon Spring ⓘ
surface form:
Gihon
Pishon ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Daniel
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| modernIdentificationConsensus | widely identified by scholars with the Tigris River ⓘ |
| mouthRegion | Shatt al-Arab ⓘ |
| nameUsedIn |
Christian religious texts
ⓘ
Islamic scholarly traditions ⓘ Jewish religious texts ⓘ |
| oneOf | four rivers of Eden ⓘ |
| referencedAs | river of the land of Assyria ⓘ |
| relatedToDeity | Mesopotamian river deities (via Tigris identification) ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
appears in apocalyptic and prophetic contexts in biblical literature
ⓘ
considered one of the rivers flowing from Eden in Judeo-Christian tradition ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | part of biblical primeval geography ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | mountains of eastern Turkey ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.