אֶדְרֶעִי
ʼedreʻîy · ed-reh'-ee
Edrei, the name of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from the equivalent of H153 (אֶדְרָע); mighty;
Edrei, the name of two places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Edrei.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › to see and know › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest that works to see and know of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶדְרֶעִי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and edrei3 · 38%
- at edrei2 · 25%
- in edrei1 · 13%
- and at edrei1 · 13%
- and in edrei1 · 13%
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.