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Lexicon :: Strong's H5676 - ʿēḇer

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עֵבֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḇer
Pronunciation
ay'-ber
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1556a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵבֶר ʻêber, ay'-ber; from H5674; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east):—× against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H5676 in the following manner: side (58x), beyond (21x), straight (3x), passage (2x), by (1x), from (1x), other (1x), against (1x), over (1x), quarter (1x), Strong's synonym (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H5676 in the following manner: side (58x), beyond (21x), straight (3x), passage (2x), by (1x), from (1x), other (1x), against (1x), over (1x), quarter (1x), Strong's synonym (1x).

  1. region beyond or across, side

    1. region across or beyond

    2. side, opposite side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵבֶר ʻêber, ay'-ber; from H5674; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east):—× against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
STRONGS H5676: Abbreviations
I. עֵ֫בֶר 91 noun masculine1 Samuel 14:40 region across or beyond, side (on formation compare BaNB 144; compare especially Assyrian êbru, êbirtu, id., êbirtan, adverb beyond); — י׳ absolute 1 Samuel 14:4 +; construct Joshua 24:4 +; suffix עֶבְרוֺ Isaiah 47:15; plural construct עֶבְרֵי Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, see below); suffix עֲבָרָיו 1 Kings 5:4; Jeremiah 49:32 (read probably עֶבְרֵיהֶם, so Vrss), עֶבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15; —
1. region across or beyond anything (usually wady, river, or sea), mostly with preposition:בְּעֵבֶר אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:13 (JE) Judges 11:18, compare Jeremiah 25:22; הַיָּם אֶלעֿ׳ Deuteronomy 30:13b, מַעֵבֶר לַיָּם Deuteronomy 30:13a beyond the sea; לְנַהֲרֵיכֿוּשׁ מֵע׳ Isaiah 18:1, compare עַדמֵֿע׳ 1 Kings 4:12 (מִן on the side of, on, see מִן 1c; so usually with ע׳); but also (rarely) מֵע׳ from the other side of Zephaniah 3:10; Job 1:19; 2 Chronicles 20:2; absolute הַע׳ 1 Samuel 26:13 to the other side (that is, of a ravine; after וַיַּעֲבֹר); בְּעֵבֶר הָעֵמֶק 1 Samuel 31:7, read perhaps בְּעָרֵי הָע׳, so Klo Bu HPS; בְּעֶבְרֵי פִיפָֿ֑חַת Jeremiah 48:28 beyond the mouth of a chasm is dubious; Gie proposes בְּחֹרֵי כֵפֵי בַתֹּת in the rock-holes of the precipices; especially (chiefly Hexateuch, + 37 times) הַיַּרְדֵּן ע׳ (30 times), or (less often, Joshua 13:32 + 13 times), לַיַּרְדֵּן, לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ (only with מֵע׳), of either east Jordan (36 times) or west Jordan land (9 times) according to standpoint of speaker or writer:
A. east Jordan (from standpoint of writer) Genesis 50:10, 11 (J) Joshua 17:5 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:1, 5; Deuteronomy 4:41, 46, 47, 49; Joshua 1:14; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:8 (D), Numbers 22:1; Numbers 32:19; Numbers 34:15; Joshua 13:27, 32; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 20:8 (P), Judges 7:25; Judges 10:8; 1 Samuel 31:7; Isaiah 8:23; 1 Chronicles 6:63; 1 Chronicles 12:37; from standpoint of speaker, Joshua 7:7 (JE), Joshua 24:8 (E), Joshua 1:15; Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 18:7; Joshua 22:4 (D), Judges 5:17; in Numbers 35:14 (Moses speaks) it is land opposed to to Can., compare Numbers 32:32; in Deuteronomy 3:8 (Moses speaks) writer (D) ascribes his own standpoint to Moses; (often further topographical note is added, e.g. מִזְרָ֫חָה Deuteronomy 4:49 +, מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Joshua 1:15 +, etc.); אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂר׳ Joshua 22:11 toward the region opposite the sons of Israel apparently also refers to east side (see Steuern on text).
B. West Jordan (9 times), from standpoint of speaker Deuteronomy 3:20, 25 (Moses), also Deuteronomy 11:30 (but here + מְכוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, and in all following some special designation of West), + יָ֫מָּה Joshua 5:1 (D; from standpoint of those just crossed), Joshua 12:7 (opposite East Joshua 12:1-6), Joshua 22:7 (id.; Kt מעבר, Qr בְּעֵבֶר), compare Joshua 9:1 (as Joshua 5:1); + וָהָ֑לְאָה Numbers 32:19a (opposite East Numbers 32:19b); in 1 Chronicles 26:30 מַעֲרָ֑בָה לַיַּר׳ מֵע׳ ע׳ seems = side (see below). Also הַנָּהָר בְּע׳ beyond the river (Euphrates) Joshua 24:2, 14, 15 (E; Kt Qr מֵע׳), מֵע׳ 2 Samuel 10:16 = 1 Chronicles 19:16 beyond, and 1 Kings 14:5 to the other side of (see מִן 1c); מֵע׳ from beyond the river only Joshua 24:3 (E), in all these = beyond the Euphrase eastward, from standpoint of those west of Euphrase; so plural בְּעֶבְרֵי הַנּ׳ Isaiah 7:20; possibly also ע׳ alone (si vera lectio) in the difficult passage Numbers 24:24; הַנָּהָר ע׳ = region beyond the river (Euphrase) westward (from standpoint of those in Babylonia or Persia) Nehemiah 2:7, 9; Nehemiah 3:7; Ezra 8:36; also 1 Kings 5:4 (twice in verse) (written in Babylonian; compare Biblical Aramaic עֲבַר, and DrIntr (6) 504). **Compare late Assyrian ebir nari SchrKB iv. 304, l. 7 from below; KAT 3. 188, 437.
2. (Opposite) side, side: הַלָּז מֵע׳ 1 Samuel 14:1 on yonder side seems transition to this meaning; מִזֶּה מֵהָע׳ twice, 1 Samuel 14:4 = on one side, on the other side, so אֶחָד לְע׳ twice 1 Samuel 14:40; even מִשְּׁנֵי עִבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15 (E) on their two sides (i.e. of tablets); הָאֵפוֺד בָּ֑יְתָה אֶלעֿ׳ Exodus 28:26 (P) toward the inner side of theephod; in 1 Kings 7:20, 30 ע׳ apparently = at the side of or opposite, but the architectural details are obscure; מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו מִסָּבִיב 1 Kings 5:4 on all sides of him, round about, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו Jeremiah 49:32 (read עֶבְרֵיהֶם Vrss Gie) from all sides of them (all directions, = מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ Jeremiah 49:5); יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנָיו אֶלעֵֿבֶר to the side of their faces (i.e. in front, straight forward) they (always) went Ezekiel 1:9, 12; Ezekiel 10:22, compare פָּנֶיהָ עַל־ע׳ Exodus 25:37 to give light upon the space in front of it; אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֺ תָּעוּ Isaiah 47:15 they wander away each in his own direction (regardless of thee). — On 1 Chronicles 26:30 see above.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5675.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

50:10; 50:11

Exodus

25:37; 28:26; 32:15; 32:15

Numbers

21:13; 22:1; 24:24; 32:19; 32:19; 32:19; 32:32; 34:15; 35:14

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:5; 3:8; 3:20; 3:25; 4:41; 4:46; 4:47; 4:49; 4:49; 11:30; 30:13; 30:13

Joshua

1:14; 1:15; 1:15; 2:10; 5:1; 5:1; 7:7; 9:1; 9:10; 12:1; 12:1; 12:2; 12:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:8; 13:27; 13:32; 13:32; 14:3; 17:5; 18:7; 20:8; 22:4; 22:7; 22:11; 24:2; 24:3; 24:4; 24:8; 24:14; 24:15

Judges

5:17; 7:25; 10:8; 11:18

1 Samuel

14:1; 14:4; 14:4; 14:40; 14:40; 26:13; 31:7; 31:7

2 Samuel

10:16

1 Kings

4:12; 5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 7:20; 7:30; 14:5

1 Chronicles

6:63; 12:37; 19:16; 26:30; 26:30

2 Chronicles

20:2

Ezra

8:36

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:9; 3:7

Job

1:19

Isaiah

7:20; 7:20; 18:1; 47:15; 47:15

Jeremiah

25:22; 48:28; 48:28; 49:5; 49:32; 49:32

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:12; 10:22

Zephaniah

3:10

H5676

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Strong's Number H5676 matches the Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿēḇer),
which occurs 90 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jdg 11:18–Zep 3:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - ‘Then they went H1980 through the wilderness H4057 and around H5437 the land H776 of Edom H123 and the land H776 of Moab, H4124 and came H935 to the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the land H776 of Moab, H4124 and they camped H2583 beyond H5676 the Arnon; H769 but they did not enter H935 the territory H1366 of Moab, H4124 for the Arnon H769 was the border H1366 of Moab. H4124

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan, H3083 the son H1121 of Saul, H7586 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor, H3627 “Come H1980 and let us cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines’ H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H5676 side.” H5676 But he did not tell H5046 his father. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Between H996 the passes H4569 by which H834 Jonathan H3083 sought H1245 to cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines’ H6430 garrison, H4673 there was a sharp H8127 crag H5553 on the one H2088 side H5676 and a sharp H8127 crag H5553 on the other H2088 side, H5676 and the name H8034 of the one H259 was Bozez, H949 and the name H8034 of the other H259 Seneh. H5573

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40 - Then he said H559 to all H3605 Israel, H3478 “You shall be on one H259 side H5676 and I and Jonathan H3083 my son H1121 will be on the other H259 side.” H5676 And the people H5971 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “Do H6213 what H2896 seems good H2896 [fn]to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 - Then David H1732 crossed H5674 over H5674 to the other H5676 side H5676 and stood H5975 on top H7218 of the mountain H2022 at a distance H7350 with a large H7227 area H4725 between H996 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley, H6010 with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan, H3383 saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead, H4191 they abandoned H5800 the cities H5892 and fled; H5127 then the Philistines H6430 came H935 and lived H3427 in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - And Hadadezer H1909 sent H7971 and brought H3318 out the Arameans H758 who H834 were beyond H4480 H5676 the [fn]River, H5104 and they came H935 to Helam; H2431 and Shobach H7731 the commander H8269 of the army H6635 of Hadadezer H1909 [fn]led H6440 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana H1195 the son H1121 of Ahilud, H286 in Taanach H8590 and Megiddo, H4023 and all H3605 Beth-shean H1052 which H834 is beside H681 Zarethan H6891 below H4480 H8478 Jezreel, H3157 from Beth-shean H1052 to Abel-meholah H65 as far H5704 as the other H5676 side H5676 of Jokmeam; H3361

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had H7287 dominion H7287 over everything H3605 [fn]west H5676 of the [fn]River, H5104 from Tiphsah H8607 even to Gaza, H5804 over all H3605 the kings H4428 [fn]west H5676 of the [fn]River; H5104 and he had H1961 peace H7965 on all H3605 sides H5676 around H5439 about H5439 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - There were capitals H3805 on the two H8147 pillars, H5982 even H1571 above H4480 H4605 and close H4480 H5980 to the [fn]rounded H990 projection H990 which H834 was beside H5676 the network; H7639 and the pomegranates H7416 numbered two hundred H3967 in rows H2905 around H5439 [fn]both H8145 capitals. H3805

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - Now each H259 stand H4350 had four H702 bronze H5178 wheels H212 with bronze H5178 axles, H5633 and its four H702 feet H6471 had supports; H3802 beneath H4480 H8478 the basin H3595 were cast H3332 supports H3802 with wreaths H3914 at each H376 side. H5676

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - “For the LORD H3068 will strike H5221 Israel, H3478 as a reed H7070 is shaken H5110 in the water; H4325 and He will uproot H5428 Israel H3478 from this H2088 good H2896 land H127 which H834 He gave H5414 to their fathers, H1 and will scatter H2219 them beyond H4480 H5676 the Euphrates River, H5104 because H3282 H834 they have made H6213 their [fn]Asherim, H842 provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 to anger. H3707

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - and beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 at Jericho, H3405 on the east H4217 side H4217 of the Jordan, H3383 were given them, from the tribe H4294 of Reuben: H7205 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054 Jahzah H3096 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - From the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan, H3383 of the Reubenites H7206 and the Gadites H1425 and of the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 there were 120,000 H3967 H6242 H505 with all H3605 kinds of weapons H3627 of war H6635 for the battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - When the Arameans H758 saw H7200 that they had been [fn]defeated H5062 by Israel, H3478 they sent H7971 messengers H4397 and brought H3318 out the Arameans H758 who H834 were beyond H4480 H5676 the [fn]River, H5104 with Shophach H7780 the commander H8269 of the army H6635 of Hadadezer H1909 [fn]leading H6440 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - As for the Hebronites, H2276 Hashabiah H2811 and his relatives, H251 1,700 H505 H7651 H3967 capable H2428 men, H1121 had charge of the affairs H6486 of Israel H3478 [fn]west H4628 of the Jordan, H3383 for all H3605 the work H4399 of the LORD H3068 and the service H5656 of the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:2 - Then some came H935 and reported H5046 to Jehoshaphat, H3092 saying, H559 “A great H7227 multitude H1995 is coming H935 against H5921 you from beyond H5676 the sea, H3220 out of [fn]Aram H758 and behold, H2009 they are in Hazazon-tamar H2688 (that is Engedi).” H5872

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - Then they delivered H5414 the king’s H4428 edicts H1881 to the king’s H4428 satraps H323 and to the governors H6346 in the provinces beyond H5676 the [fn]River, H5104 and they supported H5375 the people H5971 and the house H1004 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said H559 to the king, H4428 “If H518 it please H2895 the king, H4428 let letters H107 be given H5414 me for the governors H6346 of the provinces beyond H5676 the River, H5104 that they may allow me to pass H5674 through H5674 until H5704 H834 I come H935 to Judah, H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I came H935 to the governors H6346 of the provinces beyond H5676 the River H5104 and gave H5414 them the king’s H4428 letters. H107 Now the king H4428 had sent H7971 with me officers H8269 of the army H2428 and horsemen. H6571

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next H5921 H3027 to them Melatiah H4424 the Gibeonite H1393 and Jadon H3036 the Meronothite, H4824 the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 and of Mizpah, H4709 [fn]also made H2388 repairs H2388 for the official H3678 seat H3678 of the governor H6346 of the province beyond H5676 the River. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and behold, H2009 a great H1419 wind H7307 came H935 from across H5676 the wilderness H4057 and struck H5221 the four H702 corners H6438 of the house, H1004 and it fell H5307 on the young H5288 people H5288 and they died, H4191 and I alone H905 H7534 have escaped H4422 to tell H5046 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In that day H3117 the Lord H136 will shave H1548 with a razor, H8593 hired H7917 from regions H5676 beyond H5676 the [fn]Euphrates H5104 (that is, with the king H4428 of Assyria), H804 the head H7218 and the hair H8181 of the legs; H7272 and it will also H1571 remove H5595 the beard. H2206

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish; H4164 in earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with contempt, H7043 but later H314 on He shall make H3513 it glorious, H3513 by the way H1870 of the sea, H3220 on the other H5676 side H5676 of Jordan, H3383 Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Alas, H1945 oh land H776 of whirring H6767 wings H3671
Which H834 lies beyond H4480 H5676 the rivers H5104 of [fn]Cush, H3568

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Who have trafficked H5503 with you from your youth; H5271
Each H376 has wandered H8582 in his own [fn]way; H5676
There H369 is none H369 to save H3467 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - and all H3605 the kings H4428 of Tyre, H6865 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Sidon H6721 and the kings H4428 of the coastlands H339 which H834 are beyond H5676 the sea; H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “Leave H5800 the cities H5892 and dwell H7931 among the crags, H5553
O inhabitants H3427 of Moab, H4124
And be like a dove H3123 that nests H7077
Beyond H5676 the mouth H6310 of the chasm. H6354

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - “Their camels H1581 will become H1961 plunder, H957
And their many H1995 cattle H4735 for booty, H7998
And I will scatter H2219 to all H3605 the winds H7307 those who cut H7112 the corners H6285 of their hair;
And I will bring H935 their disaster H343 from every H3605 side,” H5676 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:12 - And each H376 went H1980 straight H413 H5676 H6440 forward; H6440 wherever H413 H834 H8033 the spirit H7307 was about to go, H1980 they would go, H1980 without H3808 turning H5437 as they went. H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:22 - As for the likeness H1823 of their faces, H6440 they were the same H1992 faces H6440 whose H834 appearance H4758 I had seen H7200 by the river H5104 Chebar. H3529 Each H376 one H376 went H1980 straight H413 H5676 H6440 ahead. H6440

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My [fn]worshipers, H6282 [fn]My dispersed H1323 H6327 ones,
Will bring H2986 My offerings. H4503

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