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Lexicon :: Strong's H5676 - ʿēḇer

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עֵבֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḇer
Pronunciation
ay'-ber
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1556a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵבֶר ʻêber, ay'-ber; from H5674; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east):—× against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H5676 in the following manner: side (58x), beyond (21x), straight (3x), passage (2x), by (1x), from (1x), other (1x), against (1x), over (1x), quarter (1x), Strong's synonym (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H5676 in the following manner: side (58x), beyond (21x), straight (3x), passage (2x), by (1x), from (1x), other (1x), against (1x), over (1x), quarter (1x), Strong's synonym (1x).

  1. region beyond or across, side

    1. region across or beyond

    2. side, opposite side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵבֶר ʻêber, ay'-ber; from H5674; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east):—× against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
STRONGS H5676: Abbreviations
I. עֵ֫בֶר 91 noun masculine1 Samuel 14:40 region across or beyond, side (on formation compare BaNB 144; compare especially Assyrian êbru, êbirtu, id., êbirtan, adverb beyond); — י׳ absolute 1 Samuel 14:4 +; construct Joshua 24:4 +; suffix עֶבְרוֺ Isaiah 47:15; plural construct עֶבְרֵי Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, see below); suffix עֲבָרָיו 1 Kings 5:4; Jeremiah 49:32 (read probably עֶבְרֵיהֶם, so Vrss), עֶבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15; —
1. region across or beyond anything (usually wady, river, or sea), mostly with preposition:בְּעֵבֶר אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:13 (JE) Judges 11:18, compare Jeremiah 25:22; הַיָּם אֶלעֿ׳ Deuteronomy 30:13b, מַעֵבֶר לַיָּם Deuteronomy 30:13a beyond the sea; לְנַהֲרֵיכֿוּשׁ מֵע׳ Isaiah 18:1, compare עַדמֵֿע׳ 1 Kings 4:12 (מִן on the side of, on, see מִן 1c; so usually with ע׳); but also (rarely) מֵע׳ from the other side of Zephaniah 3:10; Job 1:19; 2 Chronicles 20:2; absolute הַע׳ 1 Samuel 26:13 to the other side (that is, of a ravine; after וַיַּעֲבֹר); בְּעֵבֶר הָעֵמֶק 1 Samuel 31:7, read perhaps בְּעָרֵי הָע׳, so Klo Bu HPS; בְּעֶבְרֵי פִיפָֿ֑חַת Jeremiah 48:28 beyond the mouth of a chasm is dubious; Gie proposes בְּחֹרֵי כֵפֵי בַתֹּת in the rock-holes of the precipices; especially (chiefly Hexateuch, + 37 times) הַיַּרְדֵּן ע׳ (30 times), or (less often, Joshua 13:32 + 13 times), לַיַּרְדֵּן, לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ (only with מֵע׳), of either east Jordan (36 times) or west Jordan land (9 times) according to standpoint of speaker or writer:
A. east Jordan (from standpoint of writer) Genesis 50:10, 11 (J) Joshua 17:5 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:1, 5; Deuteronomy 4:41, 46, 47, 49; Joshua 1:14; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:8 (D), Numbers 22:1; Numbers 32:19; Numbers 34:15; Joshua 13:27, 32; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 20:8 (P), Judges 7:25; Judges 10:8; 1 Samuel 31:7; Isaiah 8:23; 1 Chronicles 6:63; 1 Chronicles 12:37; from standpoint of speaker, Joshua 7:7 (JE), Joshua 24:8 (E), Joshua 1:15; Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 18:7; Joshua 22:4 (D), Judges 5:17; in Numbers 35:14 (Moses speaks) it is land opposed to to Can., compare Numbers 32:32; in Deuteronomy 3:8 (Moses speaks) writer (D) ascribes his own standpoint to Moses; (often further topographical note is added, e.g. מִזְרָ֫חָה Deuteronomy 4:49 +, מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Joshua 1:15 +, etc.); אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂר׳ Joshua 22:11 toward the region opposite the sons of Israel apparently also refers to east side (see Steuern on text).
B. West Jordan (9 times), from standpoint of speaker Deuteronomy 3:20, 25 (Moses), also Deuteronomy 11:30 (but here + מְכוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, and in all following some special designation of West), + יָ֫מָּה Joshua 5:1 (D; from standpoint of those just crossed), Joshua 12:7 (opposite East Joshua 12:1-6), Joshua 22:7 (id.; Kt מעבר, Qr בְּעֵבֶר), compare Joshua 9:1 (as Joshua 5:1); + וָהָ֑לְאָה Numbers 32:19a (opposite East Numbers 32:19b); in 1 Chronicles 26:30 מַעֲרָ֑בָה לַיַּר׳ מֵע׳ ע׳ seems = side (see below). Also הַנָּהָר בְּע׳ beyond the river (Euphrates) Joshua 24:2, 14, 15 (E; Kt Qr מֵע׳), מֵע׳ 2 Samuel 10:16 = 1 Chronicles 19:16 beyond, and 1 Kings 14:5 to the other side of (see מִן 1c); מֵע׳ from beyond the river only Joshua 24:3 (E), in all these = beyond the Euphrase eastward, from standpoint of those west of Euphrase; so plural בְּעֶבְרֵי הַנּ׳ Isaiah 7:20; possibly also ע׳ alone (si vera lectio) in the difficult passage Numbers 24:24; הַנָּהָר ע׳ = region beyond the river (Euphrase) westward (from standpoint of those in Babylonia or Persia) Nehemiah 2:7, 9; Nehemiah 3:7; Ezra 8:36; also 1 Kings 5:4 (twice in verse) (written in Babylonian; compare Biblical Aramaic עֲבַר, and DrIntr (6) 504). **Compare late Assyrian ebir nari SchrKB iv. 304, l. 7 from below; KAT 3. 188, 437.
2. (Opposite) side, side: הַלָּז מֵע׳ 1 Samuel 14:1 on yonder side seems transition to this meaning; מִזֶּה מֵהָע׳ twice, 1 Samuel 14:4 = on one side, on the other side, so אֶחָד לְע׳ twice 1 Samuel 14:40; even מִשְּׁנֵי עִבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15 (E) on their two sides (i.e. of tablets); הָאֵפוֺד בָּ֑יְתָה אֶלעֿ׳ Exodus 28:26 (P) toward the inner side of theephod; in 1 Kings 7:20, 30 ע׳ apparently = at the side of or opposite, but the architectural details are obscure; מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו מִסָּבִיב 1 Kings 5:4 on all sides of him, round about, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו Jeremiah 49:32 (read עֶבְרֵיהֶם Vrss Gie) from all sides of them (all directions, = מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ Jeremiah 49:5); יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנָיו אֶלעֵֿבֶר to the side of their faces (i.e. in front, straight forward) they (always) went Ezekiel 1:9, 12; Ezekiel 10:22, compare פָּנֶיהָ עַל־ע׳ Exodus 25:37 to give light upon the space in front of it; אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֺ תָּעוּ Isaiah 47:15 they wander away each in his own direction (regardless of thee). — On 1 Chronicles 26:30 see above.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5675.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

50:10; 50:11

Exodus

25:37; 28:26; 32:15; 32:15

Numbers

21:13; 22:1; 24:24; 32:19; 32:19; 32:19; 32:32; 34:15; 35:14

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:5; 3:8; 3:20; 3:25; 4:41; 4:46; 4:47; 4:49; 4:49; 11:30; 30:13; 30:13

Joshua

1:14; 1:15; 1:15; 2:10; 5:1; 5:1; 7:7; 9:1; 9:10; 12:1; 12:1; 12:2; 12:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:8; 13:27; 13:32; 13:32; 14:3; 17:5; 18:7; 20:8; 22:4; 22:7; 22:11; 24:2; 24:3; 24:4; 24:8; 24:14; 24:15

Judges

5:17; 7:25; 10:8; 11:18

1 Samuel

14:1; 14:4; 14:4; 14:40; 14:40; 26:13; 31:7; 31:7

2 Samuel

10:16

1 Kings

4:12; 5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 7:20; 7:30; 14:5

1 Chronicles

6:63; 12:37; 19:16; 26:30; 26:30

2 Chronicles

20:2

Ezra

8:36

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:9; 3:7

Job

1:19

Isaiah

7:20; 7:20; 18:1; 47:15; 47:15

Jeremiah

25:22; 48:28; 48:28; 49:5; 49:32; 49:32

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:12; 10:22

Zephaniah

3:10

H5676

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Strong's Number H5676 matches the Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿēḇer),
which occurs 90 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jdg 11:18–Zep 3:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - ‘And they went along through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40 - Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 - Now David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great distance being between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - Then Hadadezer[fn] sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River,[fn] and they came to Helam. And Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River[fn] from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - “For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River,[fn] because they have made their wooden images,[fn] provoking the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of weapon of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - Now when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond the River,[fn] and Shophach[fn] the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:2 - Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria;[fn] and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River,[fn] that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I went to the governors in the region beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the residence[fn] of the governor of the region beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - “and suddenly a great wind came from across[fn] the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor,
With those from beyond the River,[fn] with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings,
Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Thus shall they be to you
With whom you have labored,
Your merchants from your youth;
They shall wander each one to his quarter.
No one shall save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - You who dwell in Moab,
Leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
And be like the dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - Their camels shall be for booty,
And the multitude of their cattle for plunder.
I will scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners,
And I will bring their calamity from all its sides,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:12 - And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:22 - And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
My worshipers,
The daughter of My dispersed ones,
Shall bring My offering.

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