מַעֲבָר
maʻăbâr · mah-ab-awr'
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
Lexicon
Derivation: or feminine מַעֲבָרָה; from H5674 (עָבַר);
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
- a crossing-place (of a river, a ford
- of a mountain, a pass)
- abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ford, place where...pass, passage.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲבָר 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the ford1 · 9%
- unto the fords1 · 9%
- the fords1 · 9%
- the passages1 · 9%
- him at the passages1 · 9%
- to the passage1 · 9%
- and between the passages1 · 9%
- the passage1 · 9%
- shall be at the fords1 · 9%
- shall pass1 · 9%
- and that the passages1 · 9%
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.