HebrewH3383Noun

יַרְדֵּן

yar.den

151Occurrences
H3383Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jarden, the principal river of Palestine

from H3381 (יָרַד); a descender;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Jordan = "descender" the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km) Also named: Iordanēs (*Ἰορδάνης *"Jordan" G2446)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

יַרְדֵּן appears 151 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
58
Deuteronomy
26
Numbers
20
Judges
11
2 Kings
9
2 Samuel
6
1 Kings
4
Genesis
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 19:17BSB

When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.

Deuteronomy 27:2BSB

And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

Judges 12:6BSB

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.

Joshua 19:33BSB

Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.

Joshua 4:19BSB

On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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