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Jeremiah 14:3

“And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַדִּירʼaddîyr · ad-deer'
H117 · Hebrew
Definition
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
Derivation
from H142 (אָדַר);
KJV renderings
excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • אַדִּ֣רֵי — adjective, masculine, plural, construct
  • הֶ֔ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Aampc/Sp3mp
Usage
Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 15:10Judges 5:13Judges 5:251 Samuel 4:82 Chronicles 23:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַדִּיר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.