עֵבֶר ever

Hebrew word for “side” · Strong’s H5676 · used 90 times in 83 verses

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Meaning

: ahead/beyond; 1) region beyond or across, side; 1a) region across or beyond; 1b) side, opposite side

Senses in the lexicon

• side: beyond (56)
• side: beside (32)
• side: west (2)

How it is translated

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

• other side 69
• side 12
• sides 4
• beyond 4
• other sides 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 24 (5), Deuteronomy 4 (4), Deuteronomy 3 (3), Joshua 13 (3), Joshua 22 (3), 1 Samuel 14 (3), Genesis 50 (2), Numbers 32 (2), Deuteronomy 1 (2), Joshua 1 (2)

Forms

• בעבר 32
• מעבר 26
• עבר 17
• ומעבר 3
• לעבר 3
• בעברי 2
• מהעבר 2
• עבריו 2
• לעברו 1
• עבריהם 1

Words used with it

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

• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 45
• נָהָר nahar “river” 16
• מִזְרָח mizrach “east” 14
• אֱמֹרִי emori “Amorite” 12
• יָם yam “sea” 12
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 13
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 11
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 10
• עַד ad “till” 12
• עֲרָבָה aravah “Arabah” 6
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 11
• מוּל mul “opposite” 5

Key verses

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

• Exodus 25:37 — And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
• 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,…
• 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 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?…
• 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…
• Joshua 13:8 — With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD…
• Joshua 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father…
• Joshua 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in…
• Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side…
• 1 Kings 4:24 — For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all…
• 1 Kings 14:15 — For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall…
• Isaiah 18:1 — Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

See all 83 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.