נֶדֶר
neder · neh'-der
a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
Lexicon
Derivation: or נֵדֶר; from H5087 (נָדַר);
a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- a promise (to God)
- also, (concretely) a thing promised
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: vow(-ed).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶדֶר 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
60 occurrences · 60 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a vow14 · 29%
- my vows6 · 12%
- thy vows4 · 8%
- vows3 · 6%
- your vows2 · 4%
- be a vow1 · 2%
- for all his vows1 · 2%
- his vow1 · 2%
- but for a vow1 · 2%
- and beside all your vows1 · 2%
- vow1 · 2%
- of the vow1 · 2%
- to the vow1 · 2%
- beside your vows1 · 2%
- her vow1 · 2%
- at her: then all her vows1 · 2%
- not any of her vows1 · 2%
- when she vowed1 · 2%
- it: then her vows1 · 2%
- it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed1 · 2%
- but every vow1 · 2%
- her not: then all her vows1 · 2%
- concerning her vows1 · 2%
- every vow1 · 2%
- all her vows1 · 2%
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.