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Lexicon :: Strong's H117 - 'adîr

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אַדִּיר
Transliteration
'adîr
Pronunciation
ad-deer'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 28b

Strong’s Definitions

אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'; from H142; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful:—excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H117 in the following manner: nobles (7x), excellent (4x), mighty (5x), principal (3x), famous (2x), gallant (1x), glorious (1x), goodly (1x), lordly (1x), noble one (1x), worthies (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H117 in the following manner: nobles (7x), excellent (4x), mighty (5x), principal (3x), famous (2x), gallant (1x), glorious (1x), goodly (1x), lordly (1x), noble one (1x), worthies (1x).

  1. great, majestic

    1. of waters of sea

    2. of a tree

    3. of kings, nations, gods

  2. great one, majestic one

    1. of nobles, chieftains, servants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'; from H142; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful:—excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
STRONGS H117: Abbreviations
† אַדִּיר adjective majestic — א׳ Psalm 8:2 +; feminine אַדֶּ֫רֶת Ezekiel 17:8 ? (see below) etc. —
1. majestic (wide, lofty) of waters of sea Exodus 15:10; Psalm 93:4; a ship Isaiah 33:21; a tree Ezekiel 17:23; a vine Ezekiel 17:8 (גֶּפֶן אַדֶּרֶת, so Fü; or א׳ abstract noun see under אַדֶּרֶת); also figurative of kings Psalm 136:18; nations Ezekiel 32:18; gods 1 Samuel 4:8; of י׳ Psalm 93:4; Psalm 76:5; of name of י׳ Psalm 8:2; Psalm 8:10.
2. substantive majestic one, of nobles, chieftains, etc., Judges 5:13, 25; Nahum 2:6; Nahum 3:18; Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 25:34 (אַדִּירֵי הַצּאֹן figurative so): 35.36; Jeremiah 30:21; Zechariah 11:2; 2 Chronicles 23:20; Nehemiah 3:5; Nehemiah 10:30; of י׳ Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 33:21; of servants of י׳ Psalm 16:3 (= priests ? compare 1 Chronicles 24:5 & see Che).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:10

Judges

5:13; 5:25

1 Samuel

4:8

1 Chronicles

24:5

2 Chronicles

23:20

Nehemiah

3:5; 10:30

Psalms

8:2; 8:2; 16:3; 76:5; 93:4; 93:4; 136:18

Isaiah

10:34; 33:21; 33:21

Jeremiah

14:3; 25:34; 30:21

Ezekiel

17:8; 17:8; 17:23; 32:18

Nahum

2:6; 3:18

Zechariah

11:2

H117

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H117 matches the Hebrew אַדִּיר ('adîr),
which occurs 27 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 - You blew with your wind; the sea covered them;
they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the LORD marched down for me against the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.[fn] A Psalm of David.
O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 - Glorious are you, more majestic
than the mountains full of prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
mightier than the waves of the sea,
the LORD on high is mighty!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 - and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there the LORD in majesty will be for us
a place of broad rivers and streams,
where no galley with oars can go,
nor majestic ship can pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty;
they are ashamed and confounded
and cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - “Wail, you shepherds, and cry out,
and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - No refuge will remain for the shepherds,
nor escape for the lords of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A voice—the cry of the shepherds,
and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the LORD is laying waste their pasture,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - Their prince shall be one of themselves;
their ruler shall come out from their midst;
I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - He remembers his officers;
they stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall;
the siege tower[fn] is set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
your nobles slumber.
Your people are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
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