מַעֲבָר
ma.a.var
“ford”
Definition
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
or feminine מַעֲבָרָה; from H5674 (עָבַר);
- ford, pass, passing 1a) ford 1b) pass 1c) passing, sweep
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַעֲבָר appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
They have crossed at the ford:“We will spend the night at Geba.”Ramah trembles;Gibeah of Saul flees.
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them,the tambourines and lyres will soundas He battles with weapons brandished.
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.
The fords have been seized,the marshes set on fire,and the soldiers are terrified.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.