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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 - During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the king’s men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king’s men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.

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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 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:23 - The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - To reach the Philistine outpost, Jonathan had to go down between two rocky cliffs that were called Bozez and Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They are crossing the pass
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul,
are running for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - The women of Moab are left like homeless birds
at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And as the LORD strikes them with his rod of punishment,
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps.
Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - All the escape routes are blocked.
The marshes have been set aflame,
and the army is in a panic.
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