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Lexicon :: Strong's H3383 - yardēn

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יַרְדֵּן
Transliteration
yardēn
Pronunciation
yar-dane'
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Part of Speech
proper noun with reference to a river
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יַרְדֵּן Yardên, yar-dane'; from H3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine:—Jordan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x

The KJV translates Strong's H3383 in the following manner: Jordan (182x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x
The KJV translates Strong's H3383 in the following manner: Jordan (182x).

  1. Jordan = "descender"

    1. the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַרְדֵּן Yardên, yar-dane'; from H3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine:—Jordan.
STRONGS H3383: Abbreviations
יַרְדֵּן 182 proper name, of a river Jordan (according to Rel Ol§ 215 c, from ירד with ןֵ֯ for original ןַ֯, compare Greek Version of the LXX ὁ Ιορδανης; = river as flowing downward, descending, then of particular stream as river Κατ’ ἐξοχήν. See also Sta§ 294 e (ןֵ֯ for ןֶ֯, but name according to Sta non-Hebrew)) — absolute always הַיַּר׳ in prose Genesis 13:10 + 162 times; with ה locative הַיַּרְדֵּ֫נָה Judges 8:4 + 3 times; יַרְדֵּן only Psalm 42:7; Job 40:23; construct יַרְדֵּן Numbers 26:3 + 11 times Numbers Joshua + 1 Chronicles 6:63; — the river of Palestine: in all periods, chiefly Hexateuch (122 times: Genesis + 5 times J; Numbers + 20 times P, + 1 time J E; Deuteronomy + 26 times; Joshua + 34 times J E, + 20 times D, + 16 times P), Judges (12 times), and Samuel (18 times); in Kings + 13 times; Chronicles + 7 times; elsewhere + 10 times; — הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה Genesis 32:11 (J), Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 31:2; Joshua 1:2, 11; Joshua 4:22 (all D); בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן Genesis 50:10, 11 (J), Joshua 7:7; Joshua 24:8 (both J E), + 20 times D + Judges 5:17; Judges 10:8; 1 Samuel 31:7; P has also מֵעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן Numbers 32:19, and לַיַּרְדֵּן מֵע׳ Numbers 32:19; Numbers 32:32; Numbers 35:14; Joshua 14:3, also Joshua 17:5 (JE), Joshua 18:7 (D), Judges 7:25; 1 Chronicles 12:37; 1 Chronicles 26:30; in P peculiarly יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ the Jordan of (at) Jericho, with עַל Numbers 26:3, 63; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48, 50; Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:13, with מֵעֵבֶר לְ Numbers 22:1; Numbers 34:15; Joshua 13:32; Joshua 20:8 (= 1 Chronicles 6:63), with מִן Joshua 16:1 (E?); עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן Isaiah 8:23; Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 13:27 (P); see below עבר; מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן Joshua 3:13 (twice in verse); Joshua 4:18, 23 (all J E), Joshua 3:8; Joshua 5:1 (both D); מֵימֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן Joshua 4:7 (JE); גְּאוֺן הַיַּר׳ Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Zechariah 11:3 (see גאון above); שְׂפַת הַיּר׳ 2 Kings 2:13; יוֺשֵׁב עַלהַֿיָּם וְעַל יַד הַיַּרְדֵּן Numbers 13:29 (J E; elsewhere in Numbers, P); כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן the circle of Jordan, i.e. the plain about Jericho Genesis 13:10, 11 (J), 1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17; מַעְבְּרוֺת הַיַּר׳ Judges 3:28; Judges 12:5, 6 fords of the Jordan; אֶלגְּֿגְּלִילוֺת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Joshua 22:11, compare Joshua 22:10 (both P; see גלילות above); אֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן Psalm 42:7 (without article only here and in following); אֶל־פִּיהוּ יָגִּיחַיַרְדֵּן Job 40:23 a Jordan bursteth forth into his mouth.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:10; 13:10; 13:11; 32:11; 50:10; 50:11

Numbers

13:29; 22:1; 26:3; 26:3; 26:63; 31:12; 32:19; 32:19; 32:32; 33:48; 33:50; 34:15; 35:1; 35:14; 36:13

Deuteronomy

3:27; 4:49; 31:2

Joshua

1:2; 1:11; 3:8; 3:13; 4:7; 4:18; 4:22; 4:23; 5:1; 7:7; 13:27; 13:32; 14:3; 16:1; 17:5; 18:7; 20:8; 22:10; 22:11; 24:8

Judges

3:28; 5:17; 7:25; 8:4; 10:8; 12:5; 12:6

1 Samuel

31:7

1 Kings

7:46

2 Kings

2:13

1 Chronicles

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

2 Chronicles

4:17

Job

40:23; 40:23

Psalms

42:7; 42:7

Jeremiah

12:5; 49:19; 50:44

Zechariah

11:3

H3383

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Strong's Number H3383 matches the Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardēn),
which occurs 183 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Jos 20:8–1Ch 12:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - And on the other side Jordan H3383 by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 - Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan H3383 westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, H3383 that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, H3383 a great altar to see to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, H3383 at the passage of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - For the LORD hath made Jordan H3383 a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, H3383 with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; H3383 and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - And ye went over Jordan, H3383 and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan H3383 toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead abode beyond Jordan: H3383 and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. H3383 Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - And Gideon came to Jordan, H3383 and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan H3383 in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan H3383 to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: H3383 now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan H3383 before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: H3383 and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:7 - And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan H3383 to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, H3383 saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, H3383 and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, H3383 and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: H3383 by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:24 - Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, H3383 he and all the men of Israel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - So the king returned, and came to Jordan. H3383 And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan H3383 before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:31 - And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan H3383 with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan H3383 with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39 - And all the people went over Jordan. H3383 And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan H3383 even to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:5 - And they passed over Jordan, H3383 and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, H3383 and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:46 - In the plain of Jordan H3383 did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:5 - So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:6 - And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. H3383 And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 - And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan H3383 seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, H3383 according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:2 - Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, H3383 and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:4 - So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, H3383 they cut down wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - And they went after them unto Jordan: H3383 and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - From Jordan H3383 eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:78

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - And on the other side Jordan H3383 by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, H3383 were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These are they that went over Jordan H3383 in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

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