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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 21 times in 20 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - “The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - Then the children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - “For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:21 - “and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the LORD until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said to them: “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - “We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They departed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove[fn] in the plains of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:51 - “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - ‘the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - “The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:10 - “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commandments and the judgments which the LORD commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
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