STRONGS NUMBER H5739


Word Summary
eder: a flock, herd
Original Word: עֵדֶר
Transliteration: eder
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-der)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a flock, herd
Meaning: an arrangement, muster
Strong's Concordance
drove, flock, herd

From adar; an arrangement, i.e. Muster (of animals) -- drove, flock, herd.

see HEBREW adar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5739. eder

I. עֵ֫דֶרnoun masculineGenesis 29:2 flock, herd (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic עַדְרָא‎; on ᵐ5Γαδερ 35:16 ( = HCT 35:21) see LagBN 76 f., who assigns ׳ע‎ therefore, plausibly, to III. עדר‎ (), as lagging, loitering); — ׳ע‎ absolute 32:17 (twice in verse) +, construct Song of Solomon 4:1 +; suffix עֶדְרוֺIsaiah 40:11 +; plural עֲדָרִיםGenesis 29:2 +, construct עֶדְרֵיMicah 5:7 +, etc.; —

1 flock:

a. of sheep, ׳ע צאֹןGenesis 29:2 (J), Micah 5:7, ׳ע ׳הַצJoel 1:18; compare Genesis 29:2-3, 8; 30:4 (all J), 1 Samuel 17:34; Jeremiah 51:23; Malachi 1:14; "" צאֹןEzekiel 34:12 (simile), Proverbs 27:23; + בְּהֵמָה2 Chronicles 32:28; ׳ע הָֽרְחֵלִיםSong of Solomon 6:6 = 4:2 (insert probably ׳הָֽר‎); sign of desolation Isaiah 17:2; 32:14 (׳ע מִרְעֵה‎), Zephaniah 2:14; Jeremiah 6:3, of peace 31:24; in simile also Micah 2:12; Jeremiah 31:10; Psalm 78:52; figurative of Israel Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 13:20 ("" צאֹן‎), ׳ע יהוה13:17, so עֶדְרוֺZechariah 10:3.

b. of goats, ׳ע הָעִזִּיםSong of Solomon 4:1; 6:5.

c. undefined Judges 5:16; Job 24:2; Song of Solomon 1:7.

2 herds, flocks and herds;

a. including sheep, cattle, etc., Genesis 32:17 (4 t. in verse); 32:20 (compare 32:14; all E).

b. specifically ׳ע בָקָרJoel 1:18. — מִגְדַּלעֵֿדָר‎ see above