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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 12 times in 11 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - “Follow me,” he said, “for the LORD has given you victory over Moab your enemy.” So they followed him. And the Israelites took control of the shallow crossings of the Jordan River across from Moab, preventing anyone from crossing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead remained east of the Jordan.
And why did Dan stay home?
Asher sat unmoved at the seashore,
remaining in his harbors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon also sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to attack the Midianites. Cut them off at the shallow crossings of the Jordan River at Beth-barah.”
So all the men of Ephraim did as they were told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they continued to chase the Midianites. Afterward the Israelites brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites (that is, in Gilead).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim.
The Israelites were in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. “Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said, “No, I’m not,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.
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