A large body of flowing water in Mesopotamia; one of the four rivers that flowed out of the river from the Garden of Eden.
About Tigris River
The Tigris River is one of the two largest rivers that flow through the ancient region of Mesopotamia (the area that is now mainly in Iraq). The Bible mentions this river only a few times.
In the description of the garden of Eden, the Tigris River is the third of the four rivers that flowed out of the river that watered the garden (Genesis 2:14). However, this reference does not help us know where the garden of Eden was located.
Key References
The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
All Scripture References (2)
Genesis (1)
The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Daniel (1)
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,