אַדֶּרֶת
ʼaddereth · ad-deh'-reth
something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H117 (אַדִּיר); ; also the same as H145 (אֶדֶר)
something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַדֶּרֶת 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- garment3 · 25%
- his mantle2 · 17%
- and the garment1 · 8%
- in his mantle1 · 8%
- also the mantle1 · 8%
- the mantle1 · 8%
- that it might be a goodly1 · 8%
- his robe1 · 8%
- for their glory1 · 8%
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.