Adar עָדַר

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Adar
עָדַר
Transliterationadar
Strong's numberH5737 (H5737C, H5737A, H5737B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto lack
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (5)

Adar (Hebrew עָדַר, Strong's H5737) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to lack”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5737C: to lack

1) to be lacking, fail
1a)(Niphal)
1b1) to be lacking
1b1) to leave lacking
1b) (Piel) to leave lacking

H5737A: to help

1) to help
1a) (Qal) to help

H5737B: to hoe

1) to hoe
1a) (Niphal) to be hoed

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfaileth (3), lacked (2), digged (2), lacking (1), rank (1), keep (1), fail (1)
BSBwas missing (1), left (1), they saw to it (1), were devoted (1), arrayed (1), cultivated (1), once tilled (1), will go missing (1), is missing (1), missing (1), fail (1)

Verses

Every verse with Adar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

Isaiah

Zephaniah

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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