עֵבֶר
ʻêber · ay'-ber
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: from H5674 (עָבַר);
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: [idiom] against, beyond, by, [idiom] from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
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 עֵבֶר 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
90 occurrences · 90 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on this side15 · 22%
- on the other side12 · 17%
- beyond5 · 7%
- that were on the other side4 · 6%
- which is beyond3 · 4%
- that were beyond3 · 4%
- and on the other side3 · 4%
- straight3 · 4%
- them beyond2 · 3%
- which were on this side2 · 3%
- you on this side2 · 3%
- side2 · 3%
- over against1 · 1%
- thereof, which is in the side1 · 1%
- their sides1 · 1%
- of it, which was on the side1 · 1%
- with them on yonder side1 · 1%
- to us on this side1 · 1%
- that was on this side1 · 1%
- that is beyond1 · 1%
- are they not on the other side1 · 1%
- neither is it beyond1 · 1%
- over1 · 1%
- which were on the side1 · 1%
- them, beyond1 · 1%
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.