Word Study · Strong's H5737 · Hebrew
עֲדַר
adar
aw-dar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻădar
“to arrange as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to arrange as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
Rendered in the KJV as
dig, fail, keep (rank), lack.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- נֶעְדָּ֔ר2
- וְלַעֲדֹ֖ר1
- יֵעָדֵ֔ר1
- יְעַדְּר֖וּ1
- יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּן1
- נֶעְדַּר־1
- נֶעְדָּֽר׃ ס1
- נֶעְדָּ֔רָה1
- נֶעְדֶּ֔רֶת1
- עֹדְרֵ֣י1
How it is rendered · 11
- [was] missing1
- and to help1
- he fails1
- helpers of1
- it is missing1
- it was missing1
- it will be hoed1
- it will be missing1
- lacking1
- they left lacking1
- they were hoed !1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNrmsa · 3
- HC/R/Vqcc · 1
- HVNi3mp/Sn · 1
- HVNi3ms · 1
- HVNp3fs · 1
- HVNp3ms · 1
- HVNrfsa · 1
- HVpi3mp · 1
- HVqrmpc · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah5 of 11 · 45%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 11 · 18%
- 1 Samuel1 of 11 · 9%
- 2 Samuel1 of 11 · 9%
- 1 Kings1 of 11 · 9%
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 12:33וְלַעֲדֹ֖רvelaadorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.here: and to help
- 1 Chronicles 12:38עֹדְרֵ֣יʾodereiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.here: helpers of
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:6יֵעָדֵ֔רyeaderverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularI will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”here: it will be hoed
- Isaiah 7:25יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּןyeaderunverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunFor fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.here: they were hoed !
- Isaiah 34:16נֶעְדָּ֔רָהne'darahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularSearch and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.here: it will be missing
- Isaiah 40:26נֶעְדָּֽר׃ סne'darverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularLift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.here: it is missing
- Isaiah 59:15נֶעְדֶּ֔רֶתne'deretverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularTruth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.here: lacking