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Lexicon :: Strong's H4569 - maʿăḇār

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מַעֲבָר
Transliteration
maʿăḇār
Pronunciation
mah-ab-awr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1556h

Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲבָר maʻăbâr, mah-ab-awr'; or feminine מַעֲבָרָה maʻăbârâh; from H5674; a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming:—ford, place where...pass, passage.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H4569 in the following manner: ford (4x), passage (6x), pass (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H4569 in the following manner: ford (4x), passage (6x), pass (1x).

  1. ford, pass, passing

    1. ford

    2. pass

    3. passing, sweep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲבָר maʻăbâr, mah-ab-awr'; or feminine מַעֲבָרָה maʻăbârâh; from H5674; a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming:—ford, place where...pass, passage.
STRONGS H4569: Abbreviations
† [מַעֲבָר] noun [masculine] ford, pass, passing; — only construct:
1. מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק Genesis 32:23 (J) the ford of (the) Jabbok.
2. pass, מַעֲבַר מִכְמָשׂ 1 Samuel 13:23 the pass of M.
3. passing, sweep, כָּלמַֿעֲבַר מַטֶּה Isaiah 30:32 every sweep of the rod (עָבַר 4c).

† מַעְבָּרָה noun feminine ford, pass, passage; — absolute מ׳ Isaiah 10:29; plural מַעְבָּרוֺת Isaiah 16:2; Jeremiah 51:32, מַעְבְּרוֺת absolute Joshua 2:7; 1 Samuel 14:4; construct Judges 3:28 + 2 times; —
1. ford, only plural Joshua 2:7 (JE), Judges 3:28; Judges 12:5, 6; Isaiah 16:2; so also 1 Samuel 13:7 (for MT עָֽבְרוּ) We Dr Kit Löhr; + מַעְבֶּרֶת 1 Kings 7:46 2 Chronicles 4:17, see סֻכּוֺת
2. pass (wady, ravine), 1 Samuel 14:4; Isaiah 10:29.
3. passage in defensive works of Babylonian Jeremiah 51:32.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:23

Joshua

2:7; 2:7

Judges

3:28; 3:28; 12:5; 12:6

1 Samuel

13:7; 13:23; 14:4; 14:4

1 Kings

7:46

2 Chronicles

4:17

Isaiah

10:29; 10:29; 16:2; 16:2; 30:32

Jeremiah

51:32; 51:32

H4569

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4569 matches the Hebrew מַעֲבָר (maʿăḇār),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - “Follow me,” he ordered, “for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:23 - Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozez and the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They go over the pass, and say, “We will camp overnight at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - Every stroke the LORD lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified.”
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