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Lexicon :: Strong's H5739 - ʿēḏer

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עֵדֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḏer
Pronunciation
ay'-der
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1572a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵדֶר ʻêder, ay'-der; from H5737; an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals):—drove, flock, herd.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H5739 in the following manner: flock (32x), drove (4x), herds (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H5739 in the following manner: flock (32x), drove (4x), herds (2x).

  1. flock, herd

    1. flock

    2. herds, flocks and herds

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵדֶר ʻêder, ay'-der; from H5737; an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals):—drove, flock, herd.
STRONGS H5739: Abbreviations
† I. עֵ֫דֶר noun masculineGenesis 29:2 flock, herd (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עַדְרָא; on Greek Version of the LXX Γαδερ Genesis 35:16 (= HCT Genesis 35:21) see LagBN 76 f., who assigns ע׳ therefore, plausibly, to III. עדר (bdb072709), as lagging, loitering); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 32:17 (twice in verse) +, construct Songs 4:1 +; suffix עֶדְרוֺ Isaiah 40:11 +; plural עֲדָרִים Genesis 29:2 +, construct עֶדְרֵי Micah 5:7 +, etc.; —
1. flock:
a. of sheep, צאֹן ע׳ Genesis 29:2 (J), Micah 5:7, הַצ׳ ע׳ Joel 1:18; compare Genesis 29:2, 3, 8; Genesis 30:4 (all J), 1 Samuel 17:34; Jeremiah 51:23; Malachi 1:14; || צאֹן Ezekiel 34:12 (simile), Proverbs 27:23; + בְּהֵמָה 2 Chronicles 32:28; הָֽרְחֵלִים ע׳ Songs 6:6 = Songs 4:2 (insert probably הָֽר׳); sign of desolation Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 32:14 (מִרְעֵה ע׳), Zephaniah 2:14; Jeremiah 6:3, of peace Jeremiah 31:24; in simile also Micah 2:12; Jeremiah 31:10; Psalm 78:52; figurative of Israel Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 13:20 (|| צאֹן), יהוה ע׳ Jeremiah 13:17, so עֶדְרוֺ Zechariah 10:3.
b. of goats, הָעִזִּים ע׳ Songs 4:1; Songs 6:5.
c. undefined Judges 5:16; Job 24:2; Songs 1:7.
2. herds, flocks and herds;
a. including sheep, cattle, etc., Genesis 32:17 (4 times in verse); Genesis 32:20 (compare Genesis 32:14; all E).
b. specifically בָקָר ע׳ Joel 1:18. — מִגְדַּלעֵֿדָר see above
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

Genesis

29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:3; 29:8; 30:4; 32:14; 32:17; 32:17; 32:20; 35:16; 35:21

Judges

5:16

1 Samuel

17:34

2 Chronicles

32:28

Job

24:2

Psalms

78:52

Proverbs

27:23

Song of Songs

1:7; 4:1; 4:1; 4:2; 6:5; 6:6

Isaiah

17:2; 32:14; 40:11; 40:11

Jeremiah

6:3; 13:17; 13:20; 31:10; 31:24; 51:23

Ezekiel

34:12

Joel

1:18; 1:18

Micah

2:12; 5:7; 5:7

Zephaniah

2:14

Zechariah

10:3

Malachi

1:14

H5739

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5739 matches the Hebrew עֵדֶר (ʿēḏer),
which occurs 39 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16 - (LXX 32:17) And he gave them to his servants each drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - (LXX 32:20) And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 - Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? there were great searchings of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:28 - and cities for the produce of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls and mangers for every kind of cattle, and folds for flocks;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 - (LXX 77:52) And he removed his people like sheep; he led them as a flock in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 - Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 - Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 - Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 - Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - abandoned for ever, to be a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - As for the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, and the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves for ever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds' pastures;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - The shepherds and their flocks shall come to her; and they shall pitch their tents against her round about, and shall feed their flocks each with his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - But if ye will not hearken, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 - Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, the sheep of thy glory?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - (LXX 38:10) Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:24 - (LXX 38:24) And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and the shepherd shall go forth with the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - (LXX 28:23) And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 - Jacob shall be completely gathered with all his people: I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from among men through the breach made before them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 - And thou, dark tower of the flock, daughter of Sion, on thee the dominion shall come and enter in, even the first kingdom from Babylon to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - (LXX 5:7) And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a lion's whelp among flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off his prey, and there is none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as a cedar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:3 - Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will [fn]visit the lambs; and the Lord God Almighty shall [fn]visit his flock, the house of Juda, and he shall make them as his goodly horse in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
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