אַדִּיר addir
Hebrew word for “great” · Strong’s H117 · used 27 times in 25 verses
Meaning
1) great, majestic; 1a) of waters of sea;
How it is translated
Glosses given for addir in context, with how often each is used:
- majestic 7
- nobles 6
- noble ones 5
- mighty 4
- majestic ones 1
- mighty one 1
- will be majestic 1
- noble one 1
- majestic trees 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 25 (3), Judges 5 (2), Psalms 8 (2), Exodus 15 (1), 1 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Chronicles 23 (1), Nehemiah 3 (1), Nehemiah 10 (1), Psalms 16 (1), Psalms 76 (1)
Forms
- אדיר 7
- אדירים 4
- האדירים 2
- אדירי 2
- לאדירים 1
- ואדיריהם 1
- אדיריהם 1
- ואדירי 1
- באדיר 1
- ואדריהם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with addir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רָעָה raah “to pasture” 4
- אָדוֹן adon “lord” 4
- יָרַד yarad “to go down” 4
- מַי mayim “water” 4
- צֹאן tson “flock” 3
- יָלַל yalal “to wail” 2
- שָׁדַד shadad “to ruin” 2
- מָרוֹם marom “height” 2
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 3
- יַעַר yaar “wood” 2
- אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 2
- מָשַׁל mashal “to rule” 2
Key verses
The verses using addir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:10 — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Nehemiah 3:5 — And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
- Nehemiah 10:29 — They 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…
- Psalms 8:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Psalms 16:3 — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Jeremiah 14:3 — And 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…
- Jeremiah 25:34 — Howl, 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…
- Jeremiah 30:21 — And 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…
- Ezekiel 17:23 — In 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…
- Ezekiel 32:18 — Son 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…
- Nahum 3:18 — Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
- Zechariah 11:2 — Howl, 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.
See all 25 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.