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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 1 / 4 (Gen 13:10–Deu 31:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph’s father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - The local residents, the Canaanites, watched them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. Then they renamed that place (which is near the Jordan) Abel-mizraim,[fn] for they said, “This is a place of deep mourning for these Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and along the Jordan Valley.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So there on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these instructions to the leaders of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:21 - and if your troops cross the Jordan and keep fighting until the LORD has driven out his enemies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the LORD. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - We will cross the Jordan into Canaan fully armed to fight for the LORD, but our property will be here on this side of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia[fn] on the plains of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:51 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho toward the sunrise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“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 - three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commands and regulations that the LORD gave to the people of Israel through Moses while they were camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley[fn] near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:5 - While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD’s instructions as follows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 - “So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - They also received the Jordan Valley, all the way from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea,[fn] with the Jordan River serving as the western boundary. To the east were the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:20 - When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - But go up to Pisgah Peak, and look over the land in every direction. Take a good look, but you may not cross the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River into the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:22 - You will cross the Jordan to occupy the land, but I will not. Instead, I will die here on the east side of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - “Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against you. If you break my covenant, you will quickly disappear from the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. You will live there only a short time; then you will be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 - Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - and as they camped in the valley near Beth-peor east of the Jordan River. (This land was formerly occupied by the Amorites under King Sihon, who ruled from Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites destroyed him and his people when they came up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - Israel took possession of his land and that of King Og of Bashan—the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - And they conquered the eastern bank of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea,[fn] below the slopes of Pisgah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - (These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley,[fn] near the town of Gilgal, not far from the oaks of Moreh.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:31 - For you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you take that land and are living in it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the LORD your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you’re living safely in the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:2 - When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:4 - When you cross the Jordan, set up these stones at Mount Ebal and coat them with plaster, as I am commanding you today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - “When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:2 - he said, “I am now 120 years old, and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has told me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan River.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:13 - Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the LORD your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.”

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