Word Study · Strong's H155 · Hebrew
אַדֶּרֶת
addereth
ad-deh'-reth
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼaddereth
“something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)
Rendered in the KJV as
garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- אַדֶּ֣רֶת2
- אַדַּרְתּ֖וֹ2
- אַדֶּ֨רֶת1
- אַדֶּ֥רֶת1
- אַדָּֽרֶת׃ ס1
- אַדַּרְתּ֤וֹ1
- אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם1
- בְּאַדַּרְתּ֔וֹ1
- הָאַדֶּ֣רֶת1
- כְּאַדֶּ֣רֶת1
How it is rendered · 9
- cloak his3
- [the] cloak of2
- [was] like a cloak of1
- a cloak of1
- in cloak his1
- splendor1
- splendor their1
- the cloak1
- the cloak of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 4
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings3 of 12 · 25%
- Joshua2 of 12 · 17%
- 1 Kings2 of 12 · 17%
- Zechariah2 of 12 · 17%
- Genesis1 of 12 · 8%
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Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 7:21אַדֶּ֣רֶתʾaderetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”here: the cloak of
- Joshua 7:24הָאַדֶּ֣רֶתhaaderetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.here: the cloak
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 19:13בְּאַדַּרְתּ֔וֹbeadartopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”here: in cloak his
- 1 Kings 19:19אַדַּרְתּ֖וֹʾadartonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.here: cloak his
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 2:8אַדַּרְתּ֤וֹʾadartonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.here: cloak his
- 2 Kings 2:13אַדֶּ֣רֶתʾaderetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.here: [the] cloak of
- 2 Kings 2:14אַדֶּ֨רֶתʾaderetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.here: [the] cloak of
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 11:3אַדַּרְתָּ֑םʾadartamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralListen to the wailing of the shepherds,for their glory is in ruins.Listen to the roaring of the young lions,for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.here: splendor their
- Zechariah 13:4אַדֶּ֥רֶתʾaderetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.here: a cloak of