יַרְדֵּן
Yardên · H3383 · Hebrew · proper noun · 182 occurrences
This name belongs to 2 places
Meanings
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Jordan
River; flowing from Mount Hermon in a southerly direction through the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea
ExamplesGenesis 13:10 Lot raised his eyes and saw all the vicinity of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt going toward Zoar.
Genesis 13:11 So Lot chose for himself all the vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.
Genesis 50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
13 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְרִיחוֹJericho 13
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֶהthis 6
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- גָּבַלto form the boundary 1
- גִּיחַto remove 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 1
- סָבַבto turn, to go around, to surround 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
46 occurrences in 5 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 19
- מִןfrom 15
- לto/for 14
- עַדto, as far as, until 12
- בin/on/with 12
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
69 occurrences in 14 groups
- עֵבֶרbeyond, side, across 31
- מַיִםwater 8
- תָּוֶךְmiddle 7
- גָּאוֹןpride, majesty 4
- כִּכָּרtalent, plain, loaf 4
- מַעֲבָרford, pass 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Names of Waterbodies003001015
- The Jordan is the major river of the land, crossed by Israel under Joshua and referenced throughout the historical and prophetic books.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3383. Yarden יַרְדֵּן182 proper name, of a river Jordan (according to Rel Ol§ 215 c,…
יַרְדֵּן182 proper name, of a river Jordan (according to Rel Ol§ 215 c, from ירד with ןֵ֯ for original ןַ֯, compare ᵐ5 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 Gen 13:10 162t.; with ה locative הַיַּרְדֵּ֫נָה Jdg 8:4 Jdg 8:3t.; יַרְדֵּן only Psa 42:7; Job 40:23; construct יַרְדֵּן Num 26:3 Num 26:11t. Numbers Josh + 1Ch 6:63; — the river of Palestine: in all periods, chiefly Hexateuch (122 t.: Genesis 5 t. J; Numbers 20 t. P, 1 t. J E; Deuteronomy 26 t.; Josh 34 t. J E, 20 t. D, 16 t. P), Judges (12 t.), and Samuel (18 t.); in Kings 13 t.; Chronicles 7 t.; elsewhere 10 t.; — הַזֶּה הַיַּרְדֵּן Gen 32:11 (J), Deu 3:27; Deu 31:2; Jos 1:2, Jos 1:11; Jos 4:22 (all D); הַיַּרְדֵּן בְּעֵבֶר Gen 50:10-11, (J), Jos 7:7; Jos 24:8 (both J E), + 20 t. D + Jdg 5:17; Jdg 10:8; 1Sa 31:7; P has also הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵעֵבֶר Num 32:19, and ׳מֵע לַיַּרְדֵּן Num 32:19; Num 32:32; Num 35:14; Jos 14:3, also Jos 17:5 (JE), Jos 18:7 (D), Jdg 7:25; 1Ch 12:37; 1Ch 26:30; in P peculiarly יְרֵחוֺ יַרְדֵּן the Jordan of (at) Jericho, with עַל Num 26:3, Num 26:63; Num 31:12; Num 33:48, Num 33:50; Num 35:1; Num 36:13, with לְ מֵעֵבֶר Num 22:1; Num 34:15; Jos 13:32; Jos 20:8 (= 1Ch 6:63), with מִן Jos 16:1 (E?); הַיַּרְדֵּן עֵבֶר Isaiah 8:23; Deu 4:49; Jos 13:27 (P); see below עבר; הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵי Jos 3:13 (twice in verse); Jos 4:18, Jos 4:23 (all J E), Jos 3:8; Jos 5:1 (both D); הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵימֵי Jos 4:7 (JE); הַיַּר ׳גְּאוֺן Jer 12:5; Jer 49:19; Jer 50:44; Zec 11:3 (see גאון a, above); ׳הַיּר שְׂפַת 2Ki 2:13; הַיַּרְדֵּן יַד וְעַל עַלהַֿיָּם יוֺשֵׁב Num 13:29 (J E; elsewhere in Numbers, P); הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּכַּר the circle of Jordan, i.e. the plain about Jericho Gen 13:10-11, (J), 1Ki 7:46; 2Ch 4:17; הַיַּר ׳מַעְבְּרוֺת Jdg 3:28; Jdg 12:5-6, fords of the Jordan; יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי אֶלעֵֿבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶלגְּֿגְּלִילוֺת Jos 22:11, compare Jos 22:10 (both P; see גלילות above); יַרְדֵּן אֶרֶץ Psa 42:7 (without article only here and in following); אֶלמִּֿיהוּ יָגִּיחַיַרְדֵּן Job 40:23 a Jordan bursteth forth into his mouth.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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