Word Study · Strong's H5739 · Hebrew
עֵדֶר
eder
ay'-der
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻêder
“an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
Rendered in the KJV as
drove, flock, herd.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 30inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 30
- כְּעֵ֣דֶר4
- עֵ֥דֶר3
- עֵ֖דֶר2
- עֶדְרֵ֥י2
- עֲדָרִים֙2
- בַּעֵֽדֶר׃1
- בְּעֶדְרוֹ֙1
- בְּעֶדְרֵי1
- הָעֵ֙דֶר֙1
- הָעֲדָרִ֑ים1
- הָעֲדָרִ֗ים1
- הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 27
- flock his4
- the flocks3
- [are] like [the] flock of2
- [is] like [the] flock of2
- [the] flocks of2
- a herd2
- flocks2
- herd2
- [is] the flock1
- [the] flock of1
- [the] flocks1
- [the] herds of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 17
- noun · masculine singular5
- noun · masculine plural4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural4
- preposition + noun · masculine plural2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 5
- HNcmpa · 4
- HNcmpc · 4
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 4
- HR/Ncmsc · 4
- HTd/Ncmpa · 4
- HR/Ncmpa · 2
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Genesis10 of 38 · 26%
- Jeremiah6 of 38 · 16%
- Song of Solomon5 of 38 · 13%
- Isaiah3 of 38 · 8%
- Joel2 of 38 · 5%
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis10 occurrences
- Genesis 29:2עֶדְרֵי־ʾedrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.here: flocks of
- Genesis 29:2הָעֲדָרִ֑יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralHe looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.here: the flocks
- Genesis 29:3הָעֲדָרִ֗יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralWhen all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.here: the flocks
- Genesis 29:8הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralBut they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”here: the flocks
- Genesis 30:40עֲדָרִים֙ʾadarimnoun · masculine pluralJacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.here: flocks
- Genesis 32:16עֵ֥דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singularHe entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”here: herd
- Genesis 32:16עֵ֖דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singularHe entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”here: herd
- Genesis 32:16עֵ֖דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singularHe entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”here: a herd
- Genesis 32:16עֵֽדֶר׃ʾedernoun · masculine singularHe entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”here: a herd
- Genesis 32:19הָעֲדָרִ֖יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralHe also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.here: the herds
Job1 occurrence
Proverbs1 occurrence
Song of Solomon5 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 1:7עֶדְרֵ֥יʾedreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?here: [the] flocks of
- Song of Solomon 4:1כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.here: [is] like [the] flock of
- Song of Solomon 4:2כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.here: [are] like [the] flock of
- Song of Solomon 6:5כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.here: [is] like [the] flock of
- Song of Solomon 6:6כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.here: [are] like [the] flock of
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 17:2לַעֲדָרִ֣יםlaadarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralThe cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.here: for flocks
- Isaiah 32:14עֲדָרִֽים׃ʾadarimnoun · masculine pluralFor the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—here: flocks
- Isaiah 40:11עֶדְר֣וֹedronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.here: flock his
Jeremiah6 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:3וְעֶדְרֵיהֶ֑םveedreihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralShepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:here: and flocks their
- Jeremiah 13:17עֵ֥דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.here: [the] flock of
- Jeremiah 13:20הָעֵ֙דֶר֙haederthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularLift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?here: [is] the flock
- Jeremiah 31:10עֶדְרֽוֹ׃edronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.here: flock his
- Jeremiah 31:24בַּעֵֽדֶר׃baederpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,here: with the flock
- Jeremiah 51:23וְעֶדְר֔וֹveedroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWith you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.here: and flock his
Joel2 occurrences
- Joel 1:18עֶדְרֵ֣יʾedreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.here: [the] herds of
- Joel 1:18עֶדְרֵ֥יʾedreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.here: [the] flocks of
Micah2 occurrences
- Micah 2:12כְּעֵ֙דֶר֙keederpreposition + noun · masculine singularI will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture— a noisy throng.here: like a flock
- Micah 5:8בְּעֶדְרֵיbeedrei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.here: among flocks of
Same headword in Strong's