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Lexicon :: Strong's H117 - 'adîr

Aa
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.
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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 BoxExo 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 - You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - <To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 - You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:18 - And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - Son of man, let your voice be loud in sorrow for the people of Egypt and send them down, even you and the daughters of the nations; I will send them down into the lowest parts of the earth, with those who go down into the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Sorrow! how are the keepers of your flock sleeping, O king of Assyria! your strong men are at rest; your people are wandering on the mountains, and there is no one to get them together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.
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