עֵדֶר eder

Hebrew word for “flock” · Strong’s H5739 · used 38 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

1) flock, herd; 1a) flock; 1b) herds, flocks and herds

How it is translated

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

• flocks 13
• flock 9
• herd 4
• herds 4
• like the flock 4
• like flock 1
• like a flock 1
• among flocks 1
• among flock 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 29 (3), Genesis 32 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Song of Solomon 6 (2), Jeremiah 13 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Judges 5 (1), 1 Samuel 17 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1)

Forms

• עדר 6
• כעדר 6
• עדרי 4
• העדרים 4
• עדרים 4
• עדרו 4
• לעדרים 2
• מהעדר 1
• ועדרים 1
• ועדריהם 1

Words used with it

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

• צֹאן tson “flock” 12
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 9
• רָבַץ ravats “to stretch” 4
• בְּאֵר beer “well” 3
• גָּלַשׁ galash “to step down” 2
• רַחְצָה rachtsah “washing” 2
• תָּאַם taam “be double” 2
• שָׁקָה shaqah “to water” 3
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 5
• שַׁכּוּל shakkul “childless” 2
• אִכָּר ikkar “farmer” 2
• קָבַץ qavats “to gather” 3

Key verses

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

• Psalms 78:52 — But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
• Song of Solomon 1:7 — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the…
• Song of Solomon 4:1 — Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
• Isaiah 32:14 — Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture…
• Isaiah 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Jeremiah 13:17 — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock…
• Jeremiah 31:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd…
• Ezekiel 34:12 — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all…
• Micah 2:12 — I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the…
• Micah 5:8 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of…
• Zechariah 10:3 — Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as…
• Malachi 1:14 — But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of…

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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.