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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 majestic — א׳ 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

H117

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 - Thou sentest forth thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went down for him among the mighty ones from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us to-day, for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the heads of families, and the mighty men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they conducted the king into the house of the Lord; and he went through the inner gate into the king's house, and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - And next to them the Thecoim took their place; but the Adorim applied not their neck to their service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - (LXX 10:30) were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David. (LXX 8:2) O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - (LXX 8:10) O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - (LXX 15:3) On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 - (LXX 75:5) Thou dost wonderfully shine forth from the everlasting mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - (LXX 92:4) at [fn]the voices of many waters: the billows of the sea are wonderful: the Lord is wonderful in high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 - (LXX 135:18) and slew mighty kings; for his mercy endures for ever:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and Libanus shall fall with his lofty ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - for the name of the Lord is great to you: ye shall have a place, even rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - (LXX 32:34) Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - (LXX 32:35) And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - (LXX 32:36) A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and the rams: for the Lord has destroyed their pastures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - (LXX 37:21) And their mighty ones shall be over them, and their prince shall proceed of themselves; and I will gather them, and they shall return to me: for who is this that has set his heart to return to me? saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - (LXX 2:6) And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, ye oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.
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