עֲדִי
ʻădîy · H5716 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Thing
- Jewelry, ornamentsPersonal34 verses
Meanings
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ornament, jewel
Object made by an artist; made out of a precious metal, with or without precious stones; worn for personal adornment; regarded as valuable and beautiful
ExamplesExodus 33:4 When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his jewelry.
Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are an obstinate people; if I were to go up in your midst for just one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry that I may know what I shall do to you.’”
Exodus 33:6 So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry, from Mount Horeb onward.
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trappings
Meaning unsure; possibly: the ornamental harness of a horse, consisting of bit and bridle
ExamplesPsalm 32:9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.
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youth
Meaning unsure; possibly: the period in people's life when they are are full of strength and vitality
ExamplesPsalm 103:5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
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to reach full womanhood
Literally: to come to the youth of youths; hence, possibly: process by which a young woman reaches the time when her body becomes mature
ExamplesEzekiel 16:7 “I made you very numerous, like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine jewelry; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare.
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petulance, temper
Meaning unsure; possibly: state in which an animal has a temper that needs to be controlled
ExamplesPsalm 32:9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.
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passing, movement
Meaning unsure; possibly: action by which an animal passes through a certain area
ExamplesPsalm 32:9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.
How it’s used In 5 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
10 occurrences in 7 groups
- הוּhis 3
- זָהָבgold 2
- עֲדִיornament 1
- ךָyour 1
- ךְyour 1
- הּher 1
What is done to itIt is the object
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- עָדָהto pass by 2
- יָרַדto go down, to come down 1
- נָצַלto deliver, to rescue 1
- עָלָהto go up 1
- שָׂבַעto be satiated 1
- שִׁיתto set, to put, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- מֶתֶגbit 1
- רֶסֶןbridle 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עֲדִיornament 1
- צְבִיbeauty 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
- κόσμος kósmos · G2889 · cosmos, universe, earth
- κόσμος renders עֲדִי specifically in contexts where ornament/adornment intersects with the semantic range of ordered arrangement or decoration; the Hebrew term focuses on ornamental objects while the Greek emphasizes the ordered/decorated quality, creating a register overlap in adornment contexts.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Jewellery001003001001011
- Its most frequent sense, an ornament or piece of jewelry, as when Israel is commanded to strip off its jewelry at Horeb, and as the gold jewelry Saul is said to have put on the daughters of Israel.
- Tools001003001001017
- A broader attested sense of harness trappings such as a bit and bridle, as when the psalmist warns against being like a horse or mule controlled only by such equipment.
- Stage002001001060
- A broader attested sense connected to this word, not directly shown by the citations sampled here.
- Angry002001002002
- A broader attested sense connected to this word, not directly shown by the citations sampled here.
- Move002002001012
- A broader attested sense connected to this word, not directly shown by the citations sampled here.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5716. adi עֲדִי noun [masculine] collective ornaments (with which one is decked); — ׳ע…
עֲדִי noun [masculine] collective ornaments (with which one is decked); — ׳ע absolute Isa 49:18, עֶ֑די Eze 16:11; Eze 23:40; construct 2Sa 1:24 +; suffix עֶדְיוֺ Exo 33:4 +, עֶדְיְךָ Exo 33:5, etc.; — ornaments:
1 of women 2Sa 1:24 (׳ע זָהָב), Jer 2:32; of Jerusalem under figure of woman Jer 4:30 (׳ע זָהָב), Eze 16:11; Eze 23:40 (all accusative of congnate meaning with verb c עָדָה), Isa 49:18 (simile). — עֲדָיִים עֲדִי Eze 16:7, read probably עִדִּים עַד unto menstruation (maturity), JDMich Co Berthol (reading עִדּ ׳בְּעֵת), Toy. עֶדְיֵךְ Psa 103:5 [suffix reference to נַפְשִׁי] is dubious, ᵐ5 τ. ἐπιθυμίαν σου [rdg. אַוָּתֵךְ ? this usually with נֶפֶשׁ]; thine age, prime (compare
I. עַד) JDMich; Thes; conjectures in Hup-Now Che Du.
2 of men Exo 33:4-5, Exo 33:6 (JE)
3 in General, as feeding pride Eze 7:20 (עֶדְיוֺ צְבִי, suffix reference to silver and gold, Eze 7:19)
4 trappings of horse Psa 32:9 (De Hup, compare Du), si versa l., but prob, corrupt; Che (after see Ortenb.) אֵלֶיךָ יוּבַל עַד לִבְלּ֑ם must be curbed till he can be brought, etc.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
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
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