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עֲבָרָה
- Transliteration
- ʻăbârâh
- Pronunciation
- ab-aw-raw'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
ford, ferry, plain (from the margin).
Lexicon definition
a crossing-place
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Ford
Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H5679, H4569
- Hebrew
- עֲבָרָה · ʻăbârâh
Strong’s and original-language information
H5679
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
מַעֲבָר
- Transliteration
- maʻăbâr
- Pronunciation
- mah-ab-awr'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 11
Glosses
ford, place where...pass, passage.
Lexicon definition
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford
of a mountain, a pass)
abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
of a mountain, a pass)
abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Ford
Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer. 51:32).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Ford
Indexed occurrences: 3
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Strong's Concordance
Fords
Indexed occurrences: 8
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All Scripture references13 references
Genesis 1
Joshua 1
Judges 3
2 Samuel 4
Ezra 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Sources
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Ford
Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous; about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara. Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer. 51:32).
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Toll
One of the branches of the king of Persia's revenues (Ezra 4:13; 7:24), probably a tax levied from those who used the bridges and fords and highways.
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