עֲדִי
ʻădîy · ad-ee'
finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5710 (עָדָה) in the sense of trappings;
finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
- finery
- generally, an outfit
- specifically, a headstall
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] excellent, mouth, ornament.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
To see and know of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲדִי 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 · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on him his ornaments1 · 7%
- thy ornaments1 · 7%
- themselves of their ornaments1 · 7%
- on ornaments1 · 7%
- whose mouth1 · 7%
- thy mouth1 · 7%
- thee with them all, as with an ornament1 · 7%
- her ornaments1 · 7%
- thee with ornaments1 · 7%
- of his ornament1 · 7%
- to excellent1 · 7%
- ornaments1 · 7%
- thee also with ornaments1 · 7%
- thyself with ornaments1 · 7%
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.