יַרְדֵּן
yar.den
“Jordan”
Definition
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
from H3381 (יָרַד); a descender;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
N:N--L
N:N--L
Occurrences
יַרְדֵּן appears 151 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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