Word

נָדַר

nâdar · H5087 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences

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Meanings

to make a vow or solemnly promise

An action by which humans make a solemn promise to a deity, signaling a commitment to perform a certain act or behave a certain way, usually in return for a blessing

Examples
Genesis 28:20 Jacob also made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and give me food to eat and garments to wear,
Genesis 31:13 ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a memorial stone, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
Leviticus 27:8 ‘But if he is poorer than your assessment, then he shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall assess him; according to the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall assess him.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

30 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 8
Not stated: he, she or it 8
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

15 occurrences in 3 groups

נֶדֶרvow 13
נְדָבָהfreewill offering 1
קׇרְבָּןoffering 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

16 occurrences in 8 groups

לto/for+ יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 10
לto/for+ אָמַרto say 2
עַלon, upon, over, against+ נֶזֶרconsecration 1
בin/on/with+ יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
לto/for+ אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
לto/for+ אָבִירmighty one 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
שָׁםthere 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁלַםto repay, to make restitution, to complete 2

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

טוֹבgood 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 3 groups

כlike/as 3
לto/for 2
מִןfrom 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדhand, power 1

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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Near synonyms 1 word

שָׁבַע shâbaʻ · H7650 · to take an oath, to swear, to make (someone) swear: Both terms denote a volitional speech-act of solemn commitment — vowing and oath-taking — belonging to the core, focal sense of a vow rather than a peripheral usage.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Vow002004001009013: נָדַר denotes making a vow, a solemn pledge to the LORD, as in Jacob's vow at Bethel (Genesis 28:20) and Jephthah's rash vow before battle (Judges 11:30), functioning as the standard verb for undertaking this kind of binding religious commitment.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָדַרnâdar · H5087נֶדֶר neder · H5088 · vow, promise · 60×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5087. nadar נָדַר verb vow (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician נדר; || form of נָזַר, q. v. );…

H5087. nadar
נָדַר verb vow (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician נדר; || form of נָזַר, q. v. ); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ Psa 132:2; 2Sa 15:8; נָדָ֑ר Jdg 11:39; Jdg 11:3feminine singular נָדָ֑רה Num 30:11; Num 30:2masculine singular נָדַרְתָּ Gen 31:13 Gen 31:5t. Perfect; Imperfect. 3 masculine singular יִדֹּר Num 6:21 Num 6:5t.; 2 masculine singular תִּדֹּר Deu 12:17 Deu 12:4t., תִּדּוֺר Ecc 5:4 Ecc 5:4t. Imperfect; Imperative plural נִדְרוּ Psa 76:12; Infinitive לִנְדֹּר Num 6:2; Deu 23:23; Participle נֹדֵר Lev 27:8; Mal 1:14; — vow a vow נֶדֶר נָדַר Gen 28:20; Gen 31:13 (both E), Num 21:2 (J), Num 6:2; Num 30:3; Num 30:4 (P), Jdg 11:30; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 15:8, 2Sa 15:7; Isa 19:21; נֶדֶר omitted Lev 27:8; Num 30:11 (P); Deu 23:23; Psa 76:12; Ecc 5:4 (twice in verse); with לְ towhom Num 6:21; Deu 23:24; Mal 1:14; Psa 132:2; Ecc 5:3; נָדַר אֲשֶׁר נֶדֶר vow which he vowed Deu 12:11, Deu 12:17; Deu 23:22 (twice in verse); Jdg 11:39; Jer 44:25; Jon 1:16; compare ׳נ אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה אֲשֶׁר Jon 2:10, שַׁלֵּם תִּדֹּר אֲשֶׁר אֵת Ecc 5:3.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Vow31 occurrences

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.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0