עֲבַר
ʻăbar · ab-ar'
{properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5676 (עֵבֶר)
{properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)}
- {properly, a region across
- but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan
- ususally meaning the east)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beyond, this side.
Letters
- 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)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To see and know of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲבַר 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on this side5 · 36%
- beyond3 · 21%
- which are beyond2 · 14%
- that are on this side1 · 7%
- countries beyond1 · 7%
- which were on this side1 · 7%
- that are beyond1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra14
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.