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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.
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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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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 - You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - “Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles;
The LORD came down for me against the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked for water, she gave milk;
She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - “Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - Then he took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD; and they went through the Upper Gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders[fn] to the work of their Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - these joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath.[fn] A Psalm of David.

O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 - You are more glorious and excellent
Than the mountains of prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - The LORD on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 - And slew famous kings,
For His mercy endures forever—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there the majestic LORD will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
They went to the cisterns and found no water.
They returned with their vessels empty;
They were ashamed and confounded
And covered their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - “Wail, shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - And the shepherds will have no way to flee,
Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A voice of the cry of the shepherds,
And a wailing of the leaders to the flock will be heard.
For the LORD has plundered their pasture,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - Their nobles shall be from among them,
And their governor shall come from their midst;
Then I will cause him to draw near,
And he shall approach Me;
For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - “On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt,
And cast them down to the depths of the earth,
Her and the daughters of the famous nations,
With those who go down to the Pit:

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - He remembers his nobles;
They stumble in their walk;
They make haste to her walls,
And the defense is prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the thick forest has come down.
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