מַעֲבָרָה maavarah
Hebrew word for “ford” · Strong’s H4569 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) ford, pass, passing; 1a) ford; 1b) pass; 1c) passing, sweep; Also means: ma.a.var (מַעֲבָר "ford" H4569A)
Senses in the lexicon
- ford (8)
- ford (3)
How it is translated
Glosses given for maavarah in context, with how often each is used:
- fords 6
- pass 2
- passes 1
- ford 1
- blow 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 12 (2), Genesis 32 (1), Joshua 2 (1), Judges 3 (1), 1 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 16 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Jeremiah 51 (1)
Forms
- מעברות 3
- מעבר 3
- המעברות 2
- מעברה 1
- מעברת 1
- והמעברות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maavarah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 4
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 5
- מַצָּב matstsav “station” 2
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
- לָכַד lakhad “to capture” 2
- רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 2
- מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 2
- אֶפְרַיִם ephrayim “Ephraim” 2
- פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 2
- מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 2
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 2
Key verses
The verses using maavarah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 32:22 — And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
- Joshua 2:7 — And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- Judges 3:28 — And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords…
- Judges 12:5 — And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that…
- Judges 12:6 — Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the…
- 1 Samuel 13:23 — And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 14:4 — And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the…
- Isaiah 10:29 — They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
- Isaiah 16:2 — For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
- Isaiah 30:32 — And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will…
- Jeremiah 51:32 — And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
See all 11 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.