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Hiddekel
People's Dictionary of the Bible
Hiddekel (hĭd'de-kĕl), rapid. One of the rivers of Eden, the river which "goeth eastward to Assyria," Genesis 2:14, and which Daniel calls "the great river," Daniel 10:4, rightly identified with the Tigris. The name now in use among the inhabitants of Mesopotamia is Dijleh.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Hiddekel'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/h/hiddekel.html. 1893.