עֲדַר
ʻădar · H5737 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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to be absent, to be missing
State in which humans, deities, or objects are not found in a location where they are expected to be present
Examples1 Samuel 30:19 And nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, plunder, or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.
2 Samuel 17:22 Then David and all the people who were with him set out and crossed the Jordan; by dawn not even one remained who had not crossed the Jordan.
Isaiah 34:16 Seek from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.
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Causative action by which humans cause objects to be found less in quantity or be entirely absent in a location where they are supposed to be present, usually as a result of negligence (to let (something) be lacking)
Examples1 Kings 4:27 And those deputies provided food for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they allowed nothing to be lacking.
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to be lacking
Literally: to be missing; hence: state in which a certain condition is not found
ExamplesIsaiah 59:15 Truth is lacking, And one who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.
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to be weeded, to be hoed, to be tilled
Action by which humans loosen the soil and remove weeds with the help of a hoe
ExamplesIsaiah 5:6 “I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned nor hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Isaiah 7:25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the plow, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.
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to help, assist or support
Possibly the action by which humans provide assistance or support to other humans to make their life, work, task or situation easier, though the exact meaning is unsure
Examples1 Chronicles 12:33 From Zebulun, there were fifty thousand who went out in the army, who could draw up in battle formation with all kinds of weapons of war and helped David with an undivided heart.
How it’s used In 7 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
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- Not stated: they 2
- אֶחָדone 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- עָבַרto pass 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 7 groups
- בin/on/with+ לֵבheart, mind 2
- מִןfrom+ אַמִּיץstrong 1
- מִןfrom+ רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
- עַדto, as far as, until+ אוֹרlight 1
- עַדto, as far as, until+ אֶחָדone 1
- בin/on/with+ מַעְדֵּרhoe 1
With adverbsAdverbs
7 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 7
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַעֲרָכָהrow 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 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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Semantic domains 4 entries
- Non-Space002002001018
- One attested sense, to be missing or absent from one's place, as when nothing of David's men's own possessions was found missing after their recovery raid.
- Non-Happen002002003004
- The same absence viewed as something failing to occur, as when not even one man failed to cross the Jordan with David at dawn.
- Impact002001001024
- A broader attested sense connected to this verb, not directly shown by the citations sampled here.
- Safe002003003019
- A broader attested sense of remaining secure and unharmed, not directly shown independently of the citations sampled here.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5737. adar I. [עָדַר] verb probably (si vera lectio) help (Aramaic loan-word, Syriac…
I. [עָדַר] verb probably (si vera lectio) help (Aramaic loan-word, Syriac עֲדַר ᵑ7 (rare) = Hebrew עזר q. v.; > Thes, assuming meaning arrange, order); —
Qal Infinitive cstr. לַעֲדֹר 1Ch 12:34 (Baer Ginsb; van d. H. v.1Ch 12:33; this meaning also ᵑ9 ᵐ5); but < Manuscripts לַעֲוֺר (compare v.1Ch 12:18; v.1Ch 12:22; v.1Ch 12:23, van d. H. v.1Ch 12:17; v.1Ch 12:21; v.1Ch 12:22), so Kau Buhl; Participle plural construct מַעֲרָכָה עֹדְרֵי v.1Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v.1Ch 12:38), read עֹרְכֵי (q. v. v.1Ch 12:34) ᵐ5 Kau; see ערך.
II. [עָדַר] verb hoe (Late Hebrew id.; so Arabic (in Syria) , pick, hoe, Cuche ( also Dozyii. 101 b); compare FlKl. Schr. ii. 628); —
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יֵעָדֵר לֹא Isa 5:6 it (the vineyard) shall not be hoed (|| יִזָּמֵר); 3 masculine plural יֵעָדֵר֑וּן כַּמַּעְדֵּר Isa 7:25 which used to be hoed with the hoe (subject הֶהָרִים).
III. [עָדַר] verb
Niph`al be lacking, fail (Arabic remain or lag behind); —
Niph`al Perfect, all with לֹא3masculine singular לָהֶם נֶעְדַּר 1Sa 30:19 not anything was lacking to them; נֶעְדָּ֑ר none was lacking 2Sa 17:22; Isa 40:25; of ׳י, Zep 3:5 he doth not fail; 3 feminine singular נֶעְדָּ֔רָה Isa 34:16 no wild beast is lacking. Participle feminine נֶעְדֶּ֫רֶת Isa 59:15 truth has become lacking.
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine plural דָּבָּ֑ר יְעֲדְּרוּ לֹא 1Ki 5:7 they left nothing lacking.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 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
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