עָדָה adah

Hebrew word for “to adorn” · Strong’s H5710 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

to ornament, deck oneself

Senses in the lexicon

• to adorn (8)
• to advance (2)

How it is translated

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

• deck yourself 1
• who she adorns herself 1
• ornament yourself 1
• will ornament yourself 1
• ornamented 1
• ornamented yourself 1
• put on 1
• ornamented herself 1
• passes by 1
• one who removes 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 16 (2), Job 28 (1), Job 40 (1), Proverbs 25 (1), Isaiah 61 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1), Jeremiah 31 (1), Ezekiel 23 (1), Hosea 2 (1)

Forms

• עדה 2
• תעדי 2
• תעדה 1
• ואעדך 1
• ותעדי 1
• ועדית 1
• ותעד 1
• מעדה 1

Words used with it

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

• עֲדִי adi “ornament” 3
• לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 3
• יָפָה yaphah “be beautiful” 2
• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 2
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 2
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2

Key verses

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

• Job 28:8 — The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
• Job 40:10 — Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
• Proverbs 25:20 — As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
• Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
• Jeremiah 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest…
• Jeremiah 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them…
• Ezekiel 16:11 — I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
• Ezekiel 16:13 — Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and…
• Ezekiel 23:40 — And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst…
• Hosea 2:13 — And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after…

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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.