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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5739

עֵדֶר

ederay'-der

flock

38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻêder

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5739is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 30
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5739

an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)

The King James renders it: drove, flock, herd.

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

eder is rendered "flock". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 29:2He 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.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty different ways.

The first use

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.

Genesis 29:2עֶדְרֵי־

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's thirty-eight uses are in Genesis.

The other 23 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • flock his4
  • like flock of4
  • flocks3
  • flocks of3
  • the flocks3
  • a herd2
  • herd2
  • among flock his1
  • among flocks of1
  • and flock his1
  • and flocks1
  • and flocks their1

and 12 more, 38 uses in all

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.

עֵדֶןedendelicacyUses4

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 38, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

30 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

  • כְּעֵ֣דֶר4
  • עֵ֥דֶר3
  • עֵ֖דֶר2
  • עֶדְרֵ֥י2
  • עֲדָרִים֙2
  • בַּעֵֽדֶר׃1
  • בְּעֶדְרוֹ֙1
  • בְּעֶדְרֵי1
  • הָעֵ֙דֶר֙1
  • הָעֲדָרִ֑ים1
  • הָעֲדָרִ֗ים1
  • הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים1

and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural4HTd/Ncmpa
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural2HR/Ncmpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc

Genesis

ten uses
  • 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.

    Genesis 29:2

    • עֶדְרֵי־ʾedrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: flocks of
    • הָעֲדָרִ֑יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the flocks
  • When 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.

    Genesis 29:3

    • הָעֲדָרִ֗יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the flocks
  • But 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.”

    Genesis 29:8

    • הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the flocks
  • Jacob 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.

    Genesis 30:40

    • עֲדָרִים֙ʾadarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: flocks
  • He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

    Genesis 32:16

    • עֵ֥דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singulartagged: herd
    • עֵ֖דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singulartagged: herd
    • עֵ֖דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singulartagged: a herd
    • עֵֽדֶר׃ʾedernoun · masculine singulartagged: a herd
  • He 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.

    Genesis 32:19

    • הָעֲדָרִ֖יםhaadarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the herds

Judges

one use
  • Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

    Judges 5:16

    • עֲדָרִ֑יםʾadarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: flocks

1 Samuel

one use
  • David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

    1 Samuel 17:34

    • מֵהָעֵֽדֶר׃mehaederpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: from the flock

2 Chronicles

one use
  • He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.

    2 Chronicles 32:28

    • וַעֲדָרִ֖יםvaadarimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and flocks

Job

one use
  • Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

    Job 24:2

    • עֵ֥דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singulartagged: flock

Psalms

one use
  • He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

    Psalms 78:52

    • כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶרkaederpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the flock

Proverbs

one use
  • Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

    Proverbs 27:23

    • לַעֲדָרִֽים׃laadarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to herds

Song of Solomon

five uses
  • 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?

    Song of Solomon 1:7

    • עֶדְרֵ֥יʾedreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: flocks 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.

    Song of Solomon 4:1

    • כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like flock 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.

    Song of Solomon 4:2

    • כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like flock of
  • Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

    Song of Solomon 6:5

    • כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like flock 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.

    Song of Solomon 6:6

    • כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like flock of

Isaiah

three uses
  • The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

    Isaiah 17:2

    • לַעֲדָרִ֣יםlaadarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for flocks
  • For 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—

    Isaiah 32:14

    • עֲדָרִֽים׃ʾadarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: flocks
  • He 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.

    Isaiah 40:11

    • עֶדְר֣וֹedronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: flock his

Jeremiah

six uses
  • Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

    Jeremiah 6:3

    • וְעֶדְרֵיהֶ֑םveedreihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and flocks their
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 13:17

    • עֵ֥דֶרʾedernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: flock of
  • Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

    Jeremiah 13:20

    • הָעֵ֙דֶר֙haederthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the flock
  • Hear, 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.

    Jeremiah 31:10

    • עֶדְרֽוֹ׃edronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: flock his
  • And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,

    Jeremiah 31:24

    • בַּעֵֽדֶר׃baederpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the flock
  • With 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.

    Jeremiah 51:23

    • וְעֶדְר֔וֹveedroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and flock his

Ezekiel

one use
  • As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

    Ezekiel 34:12

    • עֶדְר֜וֹedronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: flock his

Joel

two uses
  • How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

    Joel 1:18

    • עֶדְרֵ֣יʾedreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: herds of
    • עֶדְרֵ֥יʾedreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: flocks of

Micah

two uses
  • I 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.

    Micah 2:12

    • כְּעֵ֙דֶר֙keederpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a flock
  • 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.

    Micah 5:8

    • בְּעֶדְרֵיbeedrei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: among flocks of

Zephaniah

one use
  • Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.

    Zephaniah 2:14

    • עֲדָרִים֙ʾadarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: herds

Zechariah

one use
  • “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

    Zechariah 10:3

    • עֶדְרוֹ֙edronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: flock his

Malachi

one use
  • “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.

    Malachi 1:14

    • בְּעֶדְרוֹ֙beedropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: among flock his

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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