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Lexicon :: Strong's H5739 - ʿēḏer

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עֵדֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḏer
Pronunciation
ay'-der
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1572a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵדֶר ʻêder, ay'-der; from H5737; an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals):—drove, flock, herd.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H5739 in the following manner: flock (32x), drove (4x), herds (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H5739 in the following manner: flock (32x), drove (4x), herds (2x).
  1. flock, herd

    1. flock

    2. herds, flocks and herds

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵדֶר ʻêder, ay'-der; from H5737; an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals):—drove, flock, herd.
STRONGS H5739: Abbreviations
† I. עֵ֫דֶר noun masculineGenesis 29:2 flock, herd (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עַדְרָא; on Greek Version of the LXX Γαδερ Genesis 35:16 (= HCT Genesis 35:21) see LagBN 76 f., who assigns ע׳ therefore, plausibly, to III. עדר (bdb072709), as lagging, loitering); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 32:17 (twice in verse) +, construct Songs 4:1 +; suffix עֶדְרוֺ Isaiah 40:11 +; plural עֲדָרִים Genesis 29:2 +, construct עֶדְרֵי Micah 5:7 +, etc.; —
1. flock:
a. of sheep, צאֹן ע׳ Genesis 29:2 (J), Micah 5:7, הַצ׳ ע׳ Joel 1:18; compare Genesis 29:2, 3, 8; Genesis 30:4 (all J), 1 Samuel 17:34; Jeremiah 51:23; Malachi 1:14; || צאֹן Ezekiel 34:12 (simile), Proverbs 27:23; + בְּהֵמָה 2 Chronicles 32:28; הָֽרְחֵלִים ע׳ Songs 6:6 = Songs 4:2 (insert probably הָֽר׳); sign of desolation Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 32:14 (מִרְעֵה ע׳), Zephaniah 2:14; Jeremiah 6:3, of peace Jeremiah 31:24; in simile also Micah 2:12; Jeremiah 31:10; Psalm 78:52; figurative of Israel Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 13:20 (|| צאֹן), יהוה ע׳ Jeremiah 13:17, so עֶדְרוֺ Zechariah 10:3.
b. of goats, הָעִזִּים ע׳ Songs 4:1; Songs 6:5.
c. undefined Judges 5:16; Job 24:2; Songs 1:7.
2. herds, flocks and herds;
a. including sheep, cattle, etc., Genesis 32:17 (4 times in verse); Genesis 32:20 (compare Genesis 32:14; all E).
b. specifically בָקָר ע׳ Joel 1:18. — מִגְדַּלעֵֿדָר see above
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

Genesis

29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:3; 29:8; 30:4; 32:14; 32:17; 32:17; 32:20; 35:16; 35:21

Judges

5:16

1 Samuel

17:34

2 Chronicles

32:28

Job

24:2

Psalms

78:52

Proverbs

27:23

Song of Songs

1:7; 4:1; 4:1; 4:2; 6:5; 6:6

Isaiah

17:2; 32:14; 40:11; 40:11

Jeremiah

6:3; 13:17; 13:20; 31:10; 31:24; 51:23

Ezekiel

34:12

Joel

1:18; 1:18

Micah

2:12; 5:7; 5:7

Zephaniah

2:14

Zechariah

10:3

Malachi

1:14

H5739

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5739 matches the Hebrew עֵדֶר (ʿēḏer),
which occurs 39 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and behold, three flocks H5739 of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they gave water to the flocks H5739 to drink. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - And all the flocks H5739 would be gathered there, and they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and give water to the sheep to drink and return the stone back to its place on the mouth of the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks H5739 are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we give water to the sheep to drink.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - And Jacob separated the lambs, and he [fn]made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he set his own herds H5739 apart and did not set them with Laban’s flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16 - And he gave them into the hand of his servants, every H5739 flock H5739 by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on before me and put a space between flocks H5739.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - Then he commanded also the second and the third and all those who followed the flocks H5739, saying, “After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 -

“Why did you sit among the [fn]sheepfolds,

To hear the whistling for the flocks H5739?

Among the divisions of Reuben

There were great probings of the heart.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was shepherding his father’s sheep. And a lion and a bear would come and take a lamb from the flock H5739,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:28 - storehouses also for the produce of grain, wine, and oil, stalls for all kinds of cattle, and [fn]sheepfolds for the flocks H5739.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 -

[fn]Some move the boundaries;

They seize and [fn]devour flocks H5739.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 -

But He led forth His own people like sheep

And guided them in the wilderness like a flock H5739;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 -

Know well the [fn]condition of your flocks,

And pay attention to your herds H5739;

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 -

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,

Where do you shepherd your flock,

Where do you make it lie down at noon?

For why should I be like one who [fn]veils herself

Beside the flocks H5739 of your companions?”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;

Your hair is like a flock H5739 of goats

That have leapt down from Mount Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 -

“Your teeth are like a flock H5739 of newly shorn ewes

Which have come up from their washing,

All of which bear twins,

And not one among them has [fn]lost her young.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 -

“Turn your eyes away from me,

For they have overwhelmed me;

Your hair is like a flock H5739 of goats

That have leapt down from Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 -

“Your teeth are like a flock H5739 of ewes

Which have come up from their washing,

All of which bear twins,

And not one among them has [fn]lost her young.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 -

“The cities [fn]of Aroer are forsaken;

They will be for flocks H5739, and they will lie down in them;

And there will be no one to cause them to tremble.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 -

Because the palace has been abandoned, the [fn]populated city forsaken.

[fn]Hill and watchtower have become caves forever,

A joy for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks H5739,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 -

Like a shepherd He will shepherd His flock H5739;

In His arm He will gather the lambs

And carry them in His bosom;

He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 -

“Shepherds and their flocks H5739 will come to her;

They will pitch their tents [fn]around her;

They will pasture each in his [fn]place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 -

But if you will not listen to it,

My soul will cry in secret for such pride;

And my eyes will bitterly weep

And flow down with tears

Because the flock H5739 of Yahweh has been taken captive.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 -

“Lift up your eyes and see

Those coming from the north.

Where is the flock H5739 that was given you,

Your beautiful sheep?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 -

Hear the word of Yahweh, O nations,

And declare in the coastlands far away,

And say, “He who dispersed Israel will gather him

And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock H5739.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:24 -

“And Judah and all its cities will inhabit it together, the farmer and they who go about with flocks H5739.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 -

And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock H5739,

And with you I shatter the farmer and his pair of oxen,

And with you I shatter governors and prefects.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - “As a shepherd [fn]cares for his herd H5739 in the day when he is among his [fn]sheep which are spread out, so I will [fn]care for My [fn]sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 -

How the beasts groan!

The herds H5739 of cattle wander aimlessly

Because there is no pasture for them;

Even the flocks H5739 of sheep [fn]suffer.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 -

“I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob;

I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.

I will put them together like sheep in the fold;

Like a flock H5739 in the midst of its pasture

They will be noisy with men.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 -

“And as for you, [fn]tower of the flock H5739,

[fn]Hill of the daughter of Zion,

To you it will come

Even the former dominion will come,

The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 -

Then the remnant of Jacob

Will be among the nations,

Among many peoples

Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,

Like a young lion among flocks H5739 of sheep,

Which, if it passes through,

Tramples down and tears,

And there is none to deliver.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 -

Flocks H5739 will lie down in her midst,

All the beasts of the nation;

Both the [fn]pelican and the hedgehog

Will lodge in [fn]the tops of her pillars;

Their voice will sing in the window,

Ruin will be on the threshold;

For He has laid bare the cedar work.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:3 -

“My anger burns against the shepherds,

And I will visit punishment upon the [fn]male goats;

For Yahweh of hosts has visited His flock H5739, the house of Judah,

And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock H5739 and vows it, but sacrifices a [fn]blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and My name is [fn]feared among the [fn]nations.”
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