יַרְדֵּן yarden

Hebrew word for “Jordan” · Strong’s H3383 · used 182 times in 164 verses

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Meaning

Jordan = "descender";

How it is translated

Glosses given for yarden in context, with how often each is used:

• jordan 178
• jordan towards 4

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 4 (14), Deuteronomy 4 (7), Joshua 3 (7), 2 Samuel 19 (7), Numbers 32 (5), Deuteronomy 3 (5), Joshua 22 (5), Numbers 33 (4), Joshua 1 (4), Joshua 13 (4)

Forms

• הירדן 145
• לירדן 14
• ירדן 9
• בירדן 6
• הירדנה 4
• והירדן 3
• מירדן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yarden more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֵבֶר ever “side” 45
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 60
• מִזְרָח mizrach “east” 20
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 17
• עֲרָבָה aravah “Arabah” 16
• עַד ad “till” 31
• יָם yam “sea” 22
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 21
• אֱמֹרִי emori “Amorite” 13
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 15
• כֶם khem “you” 17
• גְּבוּל gevul “border” 13

Key verses

The verses using yarden that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 13:10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the…
• Genesis 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;…
• Deuteronomy 1:1 — These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel,…
• Deuteronomy 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye…
• Deuteronomy 9:1 — Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
• Deuteronomy 31:2 — And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over…
• Joshua 5:1 — And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea,…
• Joshua 9:1 — And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against…
• 2 Kings 5:10 — And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
• Psalms 114:3 — The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
• Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who…
• Zechariah 11:3 — There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

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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.