נֶדֶר neder
Hebrew word for “vow” · Strong’s H5088 · used 60 times in 57 verses
Meaning
vow, votive offering
How it is translated
Glosses given for neder in context, with how often each is used:
- vow 29
- vows 26
- votive offerings 5
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 20 | 1.2 | |
| Psalms | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Leviticus | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Deuteronomy | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 30 (12), Deuteronomy 12 (4), Leviticus 22 (3), Numbers 6 (3), Numbers 15 (2), Deuteronomy 23 (2), Judges 11 (2), 1 Samuel 1 (2), 2 Samuel 15 (2), Psalms 61 (2)
Forms
- נדר 21
- נדרי 8
- נדריה 5
- נדריכם 4
- נדריך 4
- נדרו 3
- נדרה 2
- ונדריך 2
- נדרים 2
- נדריהם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with neder more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָדַר nadar “to vow” 19
- שָׁלֵם salem “to complete” 15
- אִסָּר esar “injunction” 9
- נְדָבָה nedavah “voluntariness” 9
- אָסַר asar “to bind” 9
- זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 10
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 11
- אוֹ o “or” 8
- קוּם qum “to arise” 10
- הָ ha “her” 9
- אִם im “if” 11
- עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 7
Key verses
The verses using neder that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
- Leviticus 22:18 — Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in…
- Numbers 15:3 — And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to…
- Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out…
- Deuteronomy 12:6 — And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill…
- Deuteronomy 12:11 — Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt…
- Deuteronomy 23:18 — Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the…
- 1 Samuel 1:11 — And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid,…
- Psalms 50:14 — Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
- Psalms 66:13 — I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
- Nahum 1:15 — Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked…
See all 57 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.