Word

נֶדֶר

neder · H5088 · Hebrew · 60 occurrences

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Meanings

a vow or 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 7:16 ‘But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what is left of it may be eaten;

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

38 occurrences in 12 groups

יmy 9
הּher 9
כֶםyour 6
ךָyour 5
הוּhis 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

6 occurrences in 2 groups

נָדַרto make a vow 5
הָher 1

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

קוּםto arise 4
שָׁלַםto repay, to make restitution, to complete 1

What is done to itIt is the object

38 occurrences in 11 groups

נָדַרto make a vow 13
שָׁלַםto repay, to make restitution, to complete 10
פָּלָאto be wonderful, to do wonders 4
עָשָׂהto do, to make 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

נִיme 1
הָher 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

זֶבַחsacrifice 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 2 groups

לto/for 8
מִןfrom 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 5 groups

בַּרson 1
יוֹםday, time 1
מִבְחָרchoice 1
פֶּהmouth 1
בַּדalone, besides, pole 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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In the other Testament 1 word

εὐχή euchḗ · G2171 · prayer, vow: Greek εὐχή renders Hebrew נֶדֶר in LXX contexts where both denote a vow or votive obligation made to God, representing direct translation equivalence across the two languages for this ritual-commitment concept.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Vow002004001009013: נֶדֶר denotes a vow, the noun form of the pledge described by the related verb נָדַר (nâdar, H5087), governed by laws concerning fulfillment and release (Numbers 30, Deuteronomy 23:21-23), functioning as the term for the solemn commitment itself.

Word family 2 words

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

נָדַר nâdar · H5087 · to make a vow, to solemnly promise · 31×נֶדֶרneder · H5088

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5088. neder נֵ֫דֶר נֶ֫דֶר, noun masculineNum 30:5 vow; — נֶ֫דֶר Gen 28:20 Gen 28:17t.;…

H5088. neder
נֵ֫דֶר נֶ֫דֶר, noun masculineNum 30:5 vow; — נֶ֫דֶר Gen 28:20 Gen 28:17t.; נֵ֫דֶר Num 30:10 Num 30:4t.; suffix נִדְרִי 2Sa 15:7 2Sa 15:5t. suffixes; plural נְדָרִים Jon 1:16; Pro 20:25; suffix נְּדָרַי Psa 22:26 Psa 22:3t.; נִדְרֵיהֶם Leviticus 2; Leviticus 2:18 24t. suffixes;-vow:
1 of personal service to ׳י Gen 28:20; Gen 31:13 (of Jacob at Bethel), 2Sa 15:7-8, (at Hebron); Lev 27:2 (P, any one), of Nazirite Num 6:2, Num 6:5, Num 6:21; Hannah's consecration of her son 1Sa 1:11, compare נדרי בר Pro 31:2.
2 in General of any kind of votive offerings or promised gifts to ׳י Num 30:3; Num 30:4; Num 30:5 (twice in verse); Num 30:6; Num 30:7; Num 30:8; Num 30:9; Num 30:10; Num 30:12; Num 30:13; Num 30:14; Num 30:15 (P) Deu 12:11, Deu 12:17, Deu 12:26; Deu 23:19; Deu 23:22; Isa 19:21; Nah 2:1; Psa 22:26; Psa 61:6; Psalm 61:9; Psa 65:2; Psa 116:14; Psa 116:18; Pro 20:25; Job 22:27; Ecc 5:3.
3 Jephthah's daughter as עולה Jdg 11:30, Jdg 11:39.
4 the ban Num 21:2 (E).
5 || עוֺלָה Psa 66:13; תּוֺדָה Psa 50:14; Psa 56:13; שְׁלָמִים Num 15:8; opposed to נדבה Lev 7:16; Num 15:3; Num 29:39 (P), Lev 22:18, Lev 22:21, Lev 22:23; Lev 23:38 (H), Deu 12:6, Deu 12:17; 1Sa 1:21; Jon 1:16.
6 once of idolatry Jer 44:25 (׳נ הַשָּׁמַיִם לִמְלֶכֶת לְקַטֵּר). — Vbs. used are: נָדַר q. v.; שִׁלֵּם pay 2Sa 15:7 2Sa 15:12t.; עשׂה Jdg 11:39; Jer 44:25; נשׂא Deu 12:26; קום Num 30:5; Num 30:8; Num 30:12; Num 30:15; הֵקִים Jer 44:25; אסּר Num 30:14; מִּלֵּא Lev 22:21; Lev 27:2; Num 15:3, Num 15:8 לנ ׳פלּא ׳נ Num 6:2; הֵפֵר Num 30:9. (See these verbs)
נִהַּ see נוהּ.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Vow59 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