אַדִּיר
ʼaddîyr · ad-deer'
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
Lexicon
Derivation: from H142 (אָדַר);
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
- wide or (generally) large
- figuratively, powerful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַדִּיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- how excellent2 · 7%
- and their nobles2 · 7%
- in the mighty1 · 4%
- over the nobles1 · 4%
- in a lordly1 · 4%
- of these mighty1 · 4%
- and the nobles1 · 4%
- but their nobles1 · 4%
- their nobles1 · 4%
- and to the excellent1 · 4%
- and excellent1 · 4%
- is mightier1 · 4%
- yea, than the mighty1 · 4%
- famous1 · 4%
- by a mighty one1 · 4%
- but there the glorious1 · 4%
- neither shall gallant1 · 4%
- yourselves in the ashes, ye principal1 · 4%
- nor the principal1 · 4%
- of the principal1 · 4%
- and be a goodly1 · 4%
- of the famous1 · 4%
- his worthies1 · 4%
- thy nobles1 · 4%
- because the mighty1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.