Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
עֵדֶר
- Transliteration
- ʻÊder
- Pronunciation
- ay'-der
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 3
Glosses
Edar, Eder.
Lexicon definition
Eder, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
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Edar
Tower of the flock, a tower between Bethlehem and Hebron, near which Jacob first halted after leaving Bethlehem (Gen. 35:21). This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H5740
- Hebrew
- עֵדֶר · ʻÊder
Strong’s and original-language information
H5740
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Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Edar
Tower of the flock, a tower between Bethlehem and Hebron, near which Jacob first halted after leaving Bethlehem (Gen. 35:21). In Micah 4:8 the word is rendered "tower of the flock" (marg., "Edar"), and is used as a designation of Bethlehem, which figuratively represents the royal line of David as sprung from Bethlehem.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
EDAR
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for EDAR.
Indexed references: 2
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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EDAR
Nave’s Topical Bible references for EDAR.
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Edar
Tower of the flock, a tower between Bethlehem and Hebron, near which Jacob first halted after leaving Bethlehem (Gen. 35:21). In Micah 4:8 the word is rendered "tower of the flock" (marg., "Edar"), and is used as a designation of Bethlehem, which figuratively represents the royal line of David as sprung from Bethlehem.
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Migdal-Edar
Tower of the flock, a place 2 miles south of Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem road (Gen. 35:21). (See [402]EDAR.)
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Towers
Of Babel (Gen. 11:4), Edar (Gen. 35:21), Penuel (Judg. 8:9, 17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek. 29:10), Hananeel (Zech. 14:10), Siloam (Luke 13:4). There were several towers in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 26:9; Ps. 48:12). They were erected for various purposes, as watch-towers in vineyard (Isa. 5:2; Matt. 21:33) and towers for defence.
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