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Lexicon :: Strong's H117 - 'adîr

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אַדִּיר
Transliteration
'adîr
Pronunciation
ad-deer'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 28b

Strong’s Definitions

אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'; from H142; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful:—excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H117 in the following manner: nobles (7x), excellent (4x), mighty (5x), principal (3x), famous (2x), gallant (1x), glorious (1x), goodly (1x), lordly (1x), noble one (1x), worthies (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H117 in the following manner: nobles (7x), excellent (4x), mighty (5x), principal (3x), famous (2x), gallant (1x), glorious (1x), goodly (1x), lordly (1x), noble one (1x), worthies (1x).
  1. great, majestic

    1. of waters of sea

    2. of a tree

    3. of kings, nations, gods

  2. great one, majestic one

    1. of nobles, chieftains, servants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'; from H142; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful:—excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
STRONGS H117: Abbreviations
אַדִּיר adjective majesticא׳ Psalm 8:2 +; feminine אַדֶּ֫רֶת Ezekiel 17:8 ? (see below) etc. —
1. majestic (wide, lofty) of waters of sea Exodus 15:10; Psalm 93:4; a ship Isaiah 33:21; a tree Ezekiel 17:23; a vine Ezekiel 17:8 (גֶּפֶן אַדֶּרֶת, so Fü; or א׳ abstract noun see under אַדֶּרֶת); also figurative of kings Psalm 136:18; nations Ezekiel 32:18; gods 1 Samuel 4:8; of י׳ Psalm 93:4; Psalm 76:5; of name of י׳ Psalm 8:2; Psalm 8:10.
2. substantive majestic one, of nobles, chieftains, etc., Judges 5:13, 25; Nahum 2:6; Nahum 3:18; Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 25:34 (אַדִּירֵי הַצּאֹן figurative so): 35.36; Jeremiah 30:21; Zechariah 11:2; 2 Chronicles 23:20; Nehemiah 3:5; Nehemiah 10:30; of י׳ Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 33:21; of servants of י׳ Psalm 16:3 (= priests ? compare 1 Chronicles 24:5 & see Che).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:10

Judges

5:13; 5:25

1 Samuel

4:8

1 Chronicles

24:5

2 Chronicles

23:20

Nehemiah

3:5; 10:30

Psalms

8:2; 8:2; 16:3; 76:5; 93:4; 93:4; 136:18

Isaiah

10:34; 33:21; 33:21

Jeremiah

14:3; 25:34; 30:21

Ezekiel

17:8; 17:8; 17:23; 32:18

Nahum

2:6; 3:18

Zechariah

11:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H117 matches the Hebrew אַדִּיר ('adîr),
which occurs 27 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 -

“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;

[Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 -

“Then down marched the survivors to the nobles;

The people of the LORD marched down for Me against the mighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 -

“Sisera asked for water and she gave him milk;

She brought him curds in a magnificent bowl.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - “Woe to us! Who will rescue us from the hand of these mighty [fn]gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD; and they came through the upper gate to the king’s house (palace) and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Next to him the men of Tekoa made repairs, but their nobles did not [fn]support the work of their overseers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their fellow Israelites, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and statutes:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 -

To the Chief Musician; set to [fn]a Philistine lute [or perhaps to a particular Hittite tune]. A Psalm of David.

O LORD, our Lord,

How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 -

O LORD, our Lord,

How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 -

As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,

They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 -

You are glorious and resplendent,

More majestic than the mountains of prey.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 -

More than the sounds of many waters,

More than the mighty breakers of the sea,

The LORD on high is mighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 -

And killed mighty kings,

For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 -

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,

And Lebanon (the Assyrian) will fall by the Mighty One.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 -

But there the mighty and magnificent LORD will be for us

A place of broad rivers and streams,

Where no oar-driven boat will go,

And on which no mighty and stately ship will pass.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 -

“Their nobles have sent their servants for water;

They have come to the cisterns and found no water.

They have returned with empty vessels;

They have been shamed and humiliated,

And they cover their heads.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 -

“Wail, you shepherds, and cry;

And roll in ashes, you masters of the flock.

For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have come in full,

And you will fall and be broken into pieces like a choice vessel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 -

“The shepherds will have no way to flee,

Nor the masters of the flock any [way of] escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 -

“A voice! The cry of the shepherds

And the wailing of the masters of the flock!

For the LORD is destroying their pasture,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 -

‘Their prince will be one of them,

And their ruler will come forward from among them.

I will bring him near and he shall approach Me,

For who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to risk his life to approach Me?’ says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - “I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel, that it may grow boughs and bear fruit and be a noble and stately cedar. And birds of every kind will live under it; they will nest [securely] in the shade of its branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 -

[fn]He remembers and summons his nobles;

They stumble in their march [terrified because of the attack].

They hurry to the city wall,

And the [fn]mantelet is prepared and firmly set up.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 -

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria;

Your nobles are lying down [in death].

Your people are scattered on the mountains

And there is no one to gather them.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 -

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,

Because the magnificent trees have been destroyed;

Wail, O oaks of Bashan,

For the inaccessible forest [on the steep mountainside] has come down.

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