Addir אַדִּיר
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| אַדִּיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | addir |
| Strong's number | H117 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | great |
| Occurrences | 27 in 25 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (6) |
Addir (Hebrew אַדִּיר, Strong's H117) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “great”. It occurs 27 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) great, majestic
1a) of waters of sea
1b) of a tree
1c) of kings, nations, gods
2) great one, majestic one
2a) of nobles, chieftains, servants
1a) of waters of sea
1b) of a tree
1c) of kings, nations, gods
2) great one, majestic one
2a) of nobles, chieftains, servants
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | nobles (7), mighty (4), excellent (4), principal (3), famous (2), lordly (1), mightier (1), one (1), glorious (1), gallant (1), goodly (1), worthies (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | mighty (5), majestic (5), nobles (3), leaders (2), magnificent (1), their nobles (1), their noble (1), are the excellence (1), more majestic (1), is majestic (1), before the mighty one (1), majestic one (1), and 4 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Addir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 15:10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Judges
- Judges 5:13Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
- Judges 5:25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 4:8Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 23:20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 3:5And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
- Nehemiah 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
Psalms
- Psalm 8:1O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Psalm 8:9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
- Psalm 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
- Psalm 76:4Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
- Psalm 93:4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
- Psalm 136:18And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
- Isaiah 33:21But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 14:3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
- Jeremiah 25:34Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
- Jeremiah 25:35And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
- Jeremiah 25:36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
- Jeremiah 30:21And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 17:23In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
- Ezekiel 32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
Nahum
- Nahum 2:5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
- Nahum 3:18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 11:2Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).