Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4569
מַעֲבָר
maabarmah-ab-awr'
ford; ford
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maʻăbâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4569is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4569
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
The King James renders it: ford, place where...pass, passage.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
maabar is rendered "ford; ford". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "ford".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 32:22During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
Genesis 32:22מַעֲבַ֥ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: ford, and ford.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| fordStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 32:22During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons… |
| fordStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fords of3
- and the fords1
- blow of1
- ford of1
- fords1
- pass1
- pass of1
- the fords1
- the passes1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַעֲלָל | maalal | deed | Uses41 |
| מַעֲלָה | maalah | thought | Uses32 |
| מַעֲלֶה | maaleh | ascent | Uses18 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | west | Uses14 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | merchandise | Uses9 |
| מַעֲכָתִי | Maakathi | Maacathite | Uses8 |
| מַעֲנֶה | maaneh | answer | Uses7 |
| מַעֲמָד | maamad | office | Uses5 |
| מַעֲמָק | maamaq | deep | Uses5 |
| מַעֲדָן | maadan | delicacy | Uses3 |
| מַעֲנָה | maanah | furrow | Uses2 |
| מַעֲצָד | maatsad | axe | Uses2 |
and 9 more on the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַֽמַּעְבְּר֑וֹת1
- הַֽמַּעְבְּר֗וֹת1
- וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת1
- מַעֲבַ֥ר1
- מַעֲבַ֖ר1
- מַֽעֲבַר֙1
- מַעְבָּרָ֔ה1
- מַעְבְּר֤וֹת1
- מַעְבְּר֥וֹת1
- מַעְבְּר֣וֹת1
- מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfpc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HTd/Ncfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
Genesis
one use
During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
- מַעֲבַ֥רmaavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ford of
Joshua
one use
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
- הַֽמַּעְבְּר֑וֹתhama'berotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the fords
Judges
three uses
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
- מַעְבְּר֤וֹתma'berotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fords of
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
- מַעְבְּר֥וֹתma'berotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fords of
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
- מַעְבְּר֣וֹתma'berotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fords of
1 Samuel
two uses
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
- מַעֲבַ֖רmaavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pass of
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
- הַֽמַּעְבְּר֗וֹתhama'berotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the passes
Isaiah
three uses
They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
- מַעְבָּרָ֔הma'barahnoun · feminine singulartagged: pass
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- מַעְבָּרֹ֖תma'barotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: fords
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
- מַֽעֲבַר֙maavarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blow of
Jeremiah
one use
The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
- וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹתvehama'barotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the fords
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.