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Lexicon :: Strong's H5676 - ʿēḇer

Aa
עֵבֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḇer
Pronunciation
ay'-ber
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1556a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵבֶר ʻêber, ay'-ber; from H5674; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east):—× against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H5676 in the following manner: side (58x), beyond (21x), straight (3x), passage (2x), by (1x), from (1x), other (1x), against (1x), over (1x), quarter (1x), Strong's synonym (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H5676 in the following manner: side (58x), beyond (21x), straight (3x), passage (2x), by (1x), from (1x), other (1x), against (1x), over (1x), quarter (1x), Strong's synonym (1x).
  1. region beyond or across, side

    1. region across or beyond

    2. side, opposite side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵבֶר ʻêber, ay'-ber; from H5674; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east):—× against, beyond, by, × from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
STRONGS H5676: Abbreviations
I. עֵ֫בֶר 91 noun masculine1 Samuel 14:40 region across or beyond, side (on formation compare BaNB 144; compare especially Assyrian êbru, êbirtu, id., êbirtan, adverb beyond); — י׳ absolute 1 Samuel 14:4 +; construct Joshua 24:4 +; suffix עֶבְרוֺ Isaiah 47:15; plural construct עֶבְרֵי Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, see below); suffix עֲבָרָיו 1 Kings 5:4; Jeremiah 49:32 (read probably עֶבְרֵיהֶם, so Vrss), עֶבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15; —
1. region across or beyond anything (usually wady, river, or sea), mostly with preposition:בְּעֵבֶר אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:13 (JE) Judges 11:18, compare Jeremiah 25:22; הַיָּם אֶלעֿ׳ Deuteronomy 30:13b, מַעֵבֶר לַיָּם Deuteronomy 30:13a beyond the sea; לְנַהֲרֵיכֿוּשׁ מֵע׳ Isaiah 18:1, compare עַדמֵֿע׳ 1 Kings 4:12 (מִן on the side of, on, see מִן 1c; so usually with ע׳); but also (rarely) מֵע׳ from the other side of Zephaniah 3:10; Job 1:19; 2 Chronicles 20:2; absolute הַע׳ 1 Samuel 26:13 to the other side (that is, of a ravine; after וַיַּעֲבֹר); בְּעֵבֶר הָעֵמֶק 1 Samuel 31:7, read perhaps בְּעָרֵי הָע׳, so Klo Bu HPS; בְּעֶבְרֵי פִיפָֿ֑חַת Jeremiah 48:28 beyond the mouth of a chasm is dubious; Gie proposes בְּחֹרֵי כֵפֵי בַתֹּת in the rock-holes of the precipices; especially (chiefly Hexateuch, + 37 times) הַיַּרְדֵּן ע׳ (30 times), or (less often, Joshua 13:32 + 13 times), לַיַּרְדֵּן, לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ (only with מֵע׳), of either east Jordan (36 times) or west Jordan land (9 times) according to standpoint of speaker or writer:
A. east Jordan (from standpoint of writer) Genesis 50:10, 11 (J) Joshua 17:5 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:1, 5; Deuteronomy 4:41, 46, 47, 49; Joshua 1:14; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:8 (D), Numbers 22:1; Numbers 32:19; Numbers 34:15; Joshua 13:27, 32; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 20:8 (P), Judges 7:25; Judges 10:8; 1 Samuel 31:7; Isaiah 8:23; 1 Chronicles 6:63; 1 Chronicles 12:37; from standpoint of speaker, Joshua 7:7 (JE), Joshua 24:8 (E), Joshua 1:15; Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 18:7; Joshua 22:4 (D), Judges 5:17; in Numbers 35:14 (Moses speaks) it is land opposed to to Can., compare Numbers 32:32; in Deuteronomy 3:8 (Moses speaks) writer (D) ascribes his own standpoint to Moses; (often further topographical note is added, e.g. מִזְרָ֫חָה Deuteronomy 4:49 +, מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Joshua 1:15 +, etc.); אֶלעֵֿבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂר׳ Joshua 22:11 toward the region opposite the sons of Israel apparently also refers to east side (see Steuern on text).
B. West Jordan (9 times), from standpoint of speaker Deuteronomy 3:20, 25 (Moses), also Deuteronomy 11:30 (but here + מְכוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, and in all following some special designation of West), + יָ֫מָּה Joshua 5:1 (D; from standpoint of those just crossed), Joshua 12:7 (opposite East Joshua 12:1-6), Joshua 22:7 (id.; Kt מעבר, Qr בְּעֵבֶר), compare Joshua 9:1 (as Joshua 5:1); + וָהָ֑לְאָה Numbers 32:19a (opposite East Numbers 32:19b); in 1 Chronicles 26:30 מַעֲרָ֑בָה לַיַּר׳ מֵע׳ ע׳ seems = side (see below). Also הַנָּהָר בְּע׳ beyond the river (Euphrates) Joshua 24:2, 14, 15 (E; Kt Qr מֵע׳), מֵע׳ 2 Samuel 10:16 = 1 Chronicles 19:16 beyond, and 1 Kings 14:5 to the other side of (see מִן 1c); מֵע׳ from beyond the river only Joshua 24:3 (E), in all these = beyond the Euphrase eastward, from standpoint of those west of Euphrase; so plural בְּעֶבְרֵי הַנּ׳ Isaiah 7:20; possibly also ע׳ alone (si vera lectio) in the difficult passage Numbers 24:24; הַנָּהָר ע׳ = region beyond the river (Euphrase) westward (from standpoint of those in Babylonia or Persia) Nehemiah 2:7, 9; Nehemiah 3:7; Ezra 8:36; also 1 Kings 5:4 (twice in verse) (written in Babylonian; compare Biblical Aramaic עֲבַר, and DrIntr (6) 504). **Compare late Assyrian ebir nari SchrKB iv. 304, l. 7 from below; KAT 3. 188, 437.
2. (Opposite) side, side: הַלָּז מֵע׳ 1 Samuel 14:1 on yonder side seems transition to this meaning; מִזֶּה מֵהָע׳ twice, 1 Samuel 14:4 = on one side, on the other side, so אֶחָד לְע׳ twice 1 Samuel 14:40; even מִשְּׁנֵי עִבְרֵיהֶם Exodus 32:15 (E) on their two sides (i.e. of tablets); הָאֵפוֺד בָּ֑יְתָה אֶלעֿ׳ Exodus 28:26 (P) toward the inner side of theephod; in 1 Kings 7:20, 30 ע׳ apparently = at the side of or opposite, but the architectural details are obscure; מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו מִסָּבִיב 1 Kings 5:4 on all sides of him, round about, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו Jeremiah 49:32 (read עֶבְרֵיהֶם Vrss Gie) from all sides of them (all directions, = מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ Jeremiah 49:5); יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנָיו אֶלעֵֿבֶר to the side of their faces (i.e. in front, straight forward) they (always) went Ezekiel 1:9, 12; Ezekiel 10:22, compare פָּנֶיהָ עַל־ע׳ Exodus 25:37 to give light upon the space in front of it; אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֺ תָּעוּ Isaiah 47:15 they wander away each in his own direction (regardless of thee). — On 1 Chronicles 26:30 see above.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5675.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

50:10; 50:11

Exodus

25:37; 28:26; 32:15; 32:15

Numbers

21:13; 22:1; 24:24; 32:19; 32:19; 32:19; 32:32; 34:15; 35:14

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:5; 3:8; 3:20; 3:25; 4:41; 4:46; 4:47; 4:49; 4:49; 11:30; 30:13; 30:13

Joshua

1:14; 1:15; 1:15; 2:10; 5:1; 5:1; 7:7; 9:1; 9:10; 12:1; 12:1; 12:2; 12:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:8; 13:27; 13:32; 13:32; 14:3; 17:5; 18:7; 20:8; 22:4; 22:7; 22:11; 24:2; 24:3; 24:4; 24:8; 24:14; 24:15

Judges

5:17; 7:25; 10:8; 11:18

1 Samuel

14:1; 14:4; 14:4; 14:40; 14:40; 26:13; 31:7; 31:7

2 Samuel

10:16

1 Kings

4:12; 5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 7:20; 7:30; 14:5

1 Chronicles

6:63; 12:37; 19:16; 26:30; 26:30

2 Chronicles

20:2

Ezra

8:36

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:9; 3:7

Job

1:19

Isaiah

7:20; 7:20; 18:1; 47:15; 47:15

Jeremiah

25:22; 48:28; 48:28; 49:5; 49:32; 49:32

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:12; 10:22

Zephaniah

3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5676 matches the Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿēḇer),
which occurs 92 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - Then they went along H3212 through the wilderness, H4057 and compassed H5437 the land H776 of Edom, H123 and H853 the land H776 of Moab, H4124 and came H935 by the east side H4217 H8121 of the land H776 of Moab, H4124 and pitched H2583 on the other side H5676 of Arnon, H769 but H3808 came H935 not H3808 within the border H1366 of Moab: H4124 for H3588 Arnon H769 was the border H1366 of Moab. H4124
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - Now it came to pass H1961 upon a day, H3117 that H559 Jonathan H3129 the son H1121 of Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 the young man H5288 that bare H5375 his armour, H3627 Come, H3212 and let us go over H5674 to H413 the Philistines' H6430 garrison, H4673 that H834 is on the other side. H5676 H1975 But H1 he told H5046 not H3808 his father. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - And between H996 the passages, H4569 by which H834 Jonathan H3129 sought H1245 to go over H5674 unto H5921 the Philistines' H6430 garrison, H4673 there was a sharp H8127 rock H5553 on the one side, H5676 H2088 and a sharp H8127 rock H5553 on the other side: H5676 H2088 and the name H8034 of the one H259 was Bozez, H949 and the name H8034 of the other H259 Seneh. H5573
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40 - Then said he H559 unto H413 all H3605 Israel, H3478 Be H1961 ye H859 on H5676 one H259 side,  H5676 and I H589 and Jonathan H3129 my son H1121 will be H1961 on the H5676 other H259 side.  H5676 And H559 the people H5971 said H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 Do H6213 what seemeth H5869 good H2896 unto thee. H5869
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 - Then H5674 David H1732 went over H5674 to the other side, H5676 and stood H5975 on H5921 the top H7218 of an hill H2022 afar off; H7350 a great H7227 space H4725 being between them: H996
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - And when H7200 the men H376 of Israel H3478 that H834 were on the other side H5676 of the valley, H6010 and they that H834 were on the other side H5676 Jordan, H3383 saw H7200 that H3588 the men H376 of Israel H3478 fled, H5127 and that H3588 Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead, H4191 they forsook H5800 the cities, H5892 and fled; H5127 and H935 the Philistines H6430 came H935 and dwelt H3427 in them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - And H7971 Hadarezer H1909 sent, H7971 and brought out H3318 the Syrians H758 that H834 were beyond H5676 the river: H5104 and they came H935 to Helam; H2431 and Shobach H7731 the captain H8269 of the host H6635 of Hadarezer H1909 went before them. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana H1195 the son H1121 of Ahilud; H286 to him pertained Taanach H8590 and Megiddo, H4023 and all H3605 Bethshean, H1052 H1052 which H834 is by H681 Zartanah H6891 beneath H8478 Jezreel, H3157 from Bethshean H1052 H1052 to H5704 Abelmeholah, H65 H65 even unto H5704 the place that is beyond H5676 Jokneam: H3361
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For H3588 he H1931 had dominion H7287 over all H3605 the region on this side H5676 the river, H5104 from Tiphsah H8607 even to H5704 Azzah, H5804 over all H3605 the kings H4428 on this side H5676 the river: H5104 and H7965 he had H1961 peace H7965 on all H3605 sides H5676 round about H5439 him.  H5676
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - And the chapiters H3805 upon H5921 the H5982 two H8147 pillars H5982 had pomegranates also H1571 above, H4605 over against H5980 the belly H990 which H834 was by H5676 the network: H7639 and the pomegranates H7416 were two hundred H3967 in rows H2905 round about H5439 upon H5921 the H3805 other H8145 chapiter. H3805
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - And H702 every H259 base had H4350 four H702 brasen H5178 wheels, H212 and plates H5633 of brass: H5178 and H702 the H6471 four H702 corners thereof H6471 had undersetters: H3802 under H8478 the laver H3595 were undersetters H3802 molten, H3333 at the side H5676 of every H376 addition. H3914
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - For H5221 the LORD H3068 shall smite H5221 Israel, H3478 as H834 a reed H7070 is shaken H5110 in the water, H4325 and he shall root up H5428 Israel H3478 out of H5921 this H2063 good H2896 land, H127 which H834 he gave H5414 to their fathers, H1 and shall scatter them H2219 beyond H5676 the river, H5104 because H3282 H834 they have made H6213 their groves, H842 provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 to anger. H3707
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - And on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 by Jericho, H3405 on H4217 the H3383 east side H4217 of Jordan, H3383 were given them out of the tribe H4294 of Reuben, H7205 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 with H853 her suburbs, H4054 and H853 Jahzah H3096 with H853 her suburbs, H4054
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - And on the other side H5676 of Jordan, H3383 of H4480 the Reubenites, H7206 and the Gadites, H1425 and of the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 with all manner H3605 of instruments H3627 of war H6635 for the battle, H4421 an hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 thousand. H505
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - And when H7200 the Syrians H758 saw H7200 that H3588 they were put to the worse H5062 before H6440 Israel, H3478 they sent H7971 messengers, H4397 and drew forth H3318 the Syrians H758 that H834 were beyond H5676 the river: H5104 and Shophach H7780 the captain H8269 of the host H6635 of Hadarezer H1909 went before them. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - And of the Hebronites, H2276 Hashabiah H2811 and his brethren, H251 men H1121 of valour, H2428 a thousand H505 and seven H7651 hundred, H3967 were officers H6486 among them H5921 of Israel H3478 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 westward H4628 in all H3605 the business H4399 of the LORD, H3068 and in the service H5656 of the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:2 - Then there came some H935 that told H5046 Jehoshaphat, H3092 saying, H559 There cometh H935 a H1995 great H7227 multitude H1995 against thee H5921 from beyond H5676 the sea H3220 on this side Syria; H758 and, behold, they H2009 be in Hazazontamar, H2688 H2688 which H1931 is Engedi. H5872 H5872
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they delivered H5414 the king's H4428 commissions H1881 unto H323 the king's H4428 lieutenants, H323 and to the governors H6346 on this side H5676 the river: H5104 and they furthered H5375 the people, H5971 and H853 the house H1004 of God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - Moreover I said H559 unto the king, H4428 If H518 H5921 it H518 please H2895 the king, H4428 let H5414 letters H107 be given H5414 me H589 to H5921 the governors H6346 beyond H5676 the river, H5104 that H834 they may convey me over H5674 till H5704 H834 I come H935 into H413 Judah; H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - Then I came H935 to H413 the governors H6346 beyond H5676 the river, H5104 and gave H5414 them the king's H4428 letters. H107 Now H7971 the king H4428 had sent H7971 captains H8269 of the army H2428 and horsemen H6571 with me. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And next H5921 unto them H3027 repaired H2388 Melatiah H4424 the Gibeonite, H1393 and Jadon H3036 the Meronothite, H4824 the men H376 of Gibeon, H1391 and of Mizpah, H4709 unto the throne H3678 of the governor H6346 on this side H5676 the river. H5104
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - And, behold, H2009 there came H935 a H7307 great H1419 wind H7307 from H5676 the wilderness, H4057 and smote H5060 the four H702 corners H6438 of the house, H1004 and it fell H5307 upon H5921 the young men, H5288 and they are dead; H4191 and H4422 I H589 only H7535 am escaped H4422 alone H905 to tell H5046 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In H3117 the same H1931 day H3117 shall H1548 the Lord H136 shave H1548 with a razor H8593 that is hired, H7917 namely, by them beyond H5676 the river, H5104 by the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 the head, H7218 and the hair H8181 of the feet: H7272 and H1571 it shall H5595 also H1571 consume H5595 the beard. H2206
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - Nevertheless H3588 the dimness H4155 shall not H3808 be such as H834 was in H4164 her vexation, H4164 when at H6256 the first H7223 he lightly afflicted H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali, H5321 and afterward H314 did more grievously afflict H3513 her by the way H1870 of the sea, H3220 beyond H5676 Jordan, H3383 in Galilee H1551 of the nations. H1471
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe H1945 to the land H776 shadowing H6767 with wings, H3671 which H834 is beyond H5676 the rivers H5104 of Ethiopia: H3568
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Thus H3651 shall they be H1961 unto thee with whom H834 thou hast laboured, H3021 even thy merchants, H5503 from thy youth: H5271 they shall wander H8582 every one H376 to his quarter; H5676 none H369 shall save thee. H3467
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - And H853 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Tyrus, H6865 and H853 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Zidon, H6721 and H853 the kings H4428 of the isles H339 which H834 are beyond H5676 the sea, H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - O ye that dwell in H3427 Moab, H4124 leave H5800 the cities, H5892 and dwell H7931 in the rock, H5553 and be H1961 like the dove H3123 that maketh her nest H7077 in the sides H5676 of the H6310 hole's H6354 mouth. H6310
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - And H1961 their camels H1581 shall be H1961 a booty, H957 and the multitude H1995 of their cattle H4735 a spoil: H7998 and I will scatter H2219 into all H3605 winds H7307 them that are in the utmost H7112 corners; H6285 and H3605 I will bring H935 their calamity H343 from all H3605 sides thereof, H5676 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - Their wings H3671 were joined H2266 one H802 to H413 another; H269 they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went; H3212 they went H3212 every one H376 straight H5676 forward. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:12 - And H376 they went H3212 every one H376 straight H5676 forward: H6440 whither H413 H834 the spirit H7307 was H1961 to go, H3212 they went; H3212 and they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went. H3212
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:22 - And the likeness H1823 of their faces H6440 was the same H1992 faces H6440 which H834 I saw H7200 by H5921 the river H5104 of Chebar, H3529 their appearances H4758 and themselves: H853 they went H3212 every one H376 straight H5676 forward. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From beyond H5676 the rivers H5104 of Ethiopia H3568 my suppliants, H6282 even the daughter H1323 of my dispersed, H6327 shall bring H2986 mine offering. H4503

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