Word

עֵדֶר

ʻêder · H5739 · Hebrew · 38 occurrences

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Thing

Flock, herdSheep, lamb317 verses

Meanings

flock, herd, drove

A large group of domesticated mammals that moves and stays together, either in an enclosure or in a open area usually sheep or goats, but can also include camels or cattle

Examples
Genesis 29:2 He looked, and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, because they watered the flocks from that well. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.
Genesis 29:3 When all the flocks were gathered there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:8 But they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”

How it’s used In 9 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

17 occurrences in 9 groups

הוּhis 6
צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁלוֹשׁthree 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בַּיִתhouse, household 1
חַיalive, living 1
צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 1

What it doesIt is the subject

8 occurrences in 6 groups

אָסַףto gather, to assemble 2
רָבַץto lie down 2
שָׁבָהto take captive, to carry off 1
אָשַׁםto incur guilt 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
בּוּךְto wander to and fro 1

What is done to itIt is the object

9 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אַיֵּהwhere? 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 2 groups

שֵׁןtooth, ivory 2
שֵׂעָרhair 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

16 occurrences in 7 groups

כlike/as 7
בin/on/with 4
לto/for 4
אַחַרafter, behind 2
מִןfrom 2
עַלon, upon, over, against 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מִרְעֶהpasture land 1
שְׁרוּקָהhissing 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 3 words

ποίμνιον poímnion · G4168 · people who are like a flock: Greek ποίμνιον renders Hebrew עֵדֶר as the standard Septuagintal equivalent for flock/herd imagery, carrying both the literal pastoral sense and the extended figurative usage (people as God's flock) attested in both Testaments.
ἀγέλη agélē · G34 · herd: Greek ἀγέλη specifically denotes a herd or drove of animals (especially swine in NT usage), directly translating Hebrew עֵדֶר's core sense of a collective group of livestock.
ποίμνη poímnē · G4167 · flock, people who are like a flock: ποίμνη (poímnē, G4167) is a direct Greek translation equivalent of עֵדֶר (ʻêder, H5739), both denoting a flock or herd of animals, with complete semantic overlap in their pastoral/livestock senses.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Domestic Animals001001002002: עֵדֶר denotes a flock or herd of domestic animals, illustrated at Genesis 29:2 ("three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it") and Genesis 32:17 ("put a space between herd and herd"), the standard term for a shepherded group of sheep, goats, or cattle.
Names of Locations003001010: עֵדֶר (ʻêder, H5739) is a common noun denoting a flock or herd of animals. The quotation "three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, because they watered the flocks from that well" at Genesis 29:2 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Names of Locations" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with עֵדֶר (ʻÊder, H5740) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Names of People003001007: עֵדֶר (ʻêder, H5739) is a common noun denoting a flock or herd of animals. The quotation "three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, because they watered the flocks from that well" at Genesis 29:2 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Names of People" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with עֵדֶר (ʻÊder, H5740) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.

Word family 4 words

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

עֲדַר ʻădar · H5737 · to be absent, to be missing, to let (something) be lacking · 10×עֵדֶרʻêder · H5739מַעְדֵּר maʻdêr · H4576 · hoe · 1×

Also from the root עֲדַר

מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר Migdal-ʻÊder · H4029 · Migdal-Eder, Tower of the Flock · 4×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5739. eder I. עֵ֫דֶר noun masculineGen 29:2 flock, herd (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic…

H5739. eder
I. עֵ֫דֶר noun masculineGen 29:2 flock, herd (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עַדְרָא; on ᵐ5 Γαδερ Gen 35:16 ( = HCT Gen 35:21) see LagBN 76 f., who assigns ׳ע therefore, plausibly, to III. עדר (), as lagging, loitering); — ׳ע absolute Gen 32:17 (twice in verse) +, construct Son 4:1 +; suffix עֶדְרוֺ Isa 40:11 +; plural עֲדָרִים Gen 29:2 +, construct עֶדְרֵי Mic 5:7 +, etc.; —
1 flock:
a. of sheep, ׳ע צאֹן Gen 29:2 (J), Mic 5:7, ׳ע ׳הַצ Joe 1:18; compare Gen 29:2-3, Gen 29:8; Gen 30:4 (all J), 1Sa 17:34; Jer 51:23; Mal 1:14; || צאֹן Eze 34:12 (simile), Pro 27:23; + בְּהֵמָה2Ch 32:28; ׳ע הָֽרְחֵלִים Son 6:6 = Son 4:2 (insert probably ׳הָֽר); sign of desolation Isa 17:2; Isa 32:14 (׳ע מִרְעֵה), Zep 2:14; Jer 6:3, of peace Jer 31:24; in simile also Mic 2:12; Jer 31:10; Psa 78:52; figurative of Israel Isa 40:11; Jer 13:20 (|| צאֹן), ׳ע יהוה Jer 13:17, so עֶדְרוֺ Zec 10:3.
b. of goats, ׳ע הָעִזִּים Son 4:1; Son 6:5.
c. undefined Jdg 5:16; Job 24:2; Son 1:7.
2 herds, flocks and herds;
a. including sheep, cattle, etc., Gen 32:17 (4 t. in verse); Gen 32:20 (compare Gen 32:14; all E).
b. specifically ׳ע בָקָר Joe 1:18. — מִגְדַּלעֵֿדָר see above

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Domestic Animals36 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences Names of Locations0 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