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Hiddekel Hebrew name for the Tigris .

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Hiddekel The name of the third river in Eden (Gen. 2: 14, AV; also Dan. 10: 4) and given its modern name ‘Tigris’ by NRSV, REB, and NJB). It is in modern Iraq.

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