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Lexicon :: Strong's H4569 - maʿăḇār

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מַעֲבָר
Transliteration
maʿăḇār
Pronunciation
mah-ab-awr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1556h

Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲבָר maʻăbâr, mah-ab-awr'; or feminine מַעֲבָרָה maʻăbârâh; from H5674; a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming:—ford, place where...pass, passage.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H4569 in the following manner: ford (4x), passage (6x), pass (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H4569 in the following manner: ford (4x), passage (6x), pass (1x).

  1. ford, pass, passing

    1. ford

    2. pass

    3. passing, sweep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲבָר maʻăbâr, mah-ab-awr'; or feminine מַעֲבָרָה maʻăbârâh; from H5674; a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming:—ford, place where...pass, passage.
STRONGS H4569: Abbreviations
† [מַעֲבָר] noun [masculine] ford, pass, passing; — only construct:
1. מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק Genesis 32:23 (J) the ford of (the) Jabbok.
2. pass, מַעֲבַר מִכְמָשׂ 1 Samuel 13:23 the pass of M.
3. passing, sweep, כָּלמַֿעֲבַר מַטֶּה Isaiah 30:32 every sweep of the rod (עָבַר 4c).

† מַעְבָּרָה noun feminine ford, pass, passage; — absolute מ׳ Isaiah 10:29; plural מַעְבָּרוֺת Isaiah 16:2; Jeremiah 51:32, מַעְבְּרוֺת absolute Joshua 2:7; 1 Samuel 14:4; construct Judges 3:28 + 2 times; —
1. ford, only plural Joshua 2:7 (JE), Judges 3:28; Judges 12:5, 6; Isaiah 16:2; so also 1 Samuel 13:7 (for MT עָֽבְרוּ) We Dr Kit Löhr; + מַעְבֶּרֶת 1 Kings 7:46 2 Chronicles 4:17, see סֻכּוֺת
2. pass (wady, ravine), 1 Samuel 14:4; Isaiah 10:29.
3. passage in defensive works of Babylonian Jeremiah 51:32.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:23

Joshua

2:7; 2:7

Judges

3:28; 3:28; 12:5; 12:6

1 Samuel

13:7; 13:23; 14:4; 14:4

1 Kings

7:46

2 Chronicles

4:17

Isaiah

10:29; 10:29; 16:2; 16:2; 30:32

Jeremiah

51:32; 51:32

H4569

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4569 matches the Hebrew מַעֲבָר (maʿăḇār),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,[fn] and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - And he said to them, “Follow after me, for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:23 - And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Within the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. The name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - they have crossed over the pass;
at Geba they lodge for the night;
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul has fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And every stroke of the appointed staff that the LORD lays on them will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - the fords have been seized,
the marshes are burned with fire,
and the soldiers are in panic.
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