BDB5836
I. [עָדַר] verb probably (si vera lectio) help (Aramaic loan-word, Syriac [untranscribed source text 3729] ᵑ7 עֲדַר (rare) = Hebrew עזר q. v.; > Thes, assuming meaning arrange, order ); —
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5737 |
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| Word: | עָדַר |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | adar |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | `adar (aw-dar') v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to arrange, as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe) 2. (hence) to muster and so to miss (or find wanting) |
| KJV Renderings: | dig, fail, keep (rank), lack. |
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I. [עָדַר] verb probably (si vera lectio) help (Aramaic loan-word, Syriac [untranscribed source text 3729] ᵑ7 עֲדַר (rare) = Hebrew עזר q. v.; > Thes, assuming meaning arrange, order ); —
II. [עָדַר] verb hoe (Late Hebrew id.; so Arabic (in Syria) [untranscribed source text 3730], [untranscribed source text 3731] pick, hoe, Cuche ( [untranscribed source text 3732] also Dozyii. 101 b); compare FlKl. Schr. ii. 628); —
III. [עָדַר] verb Niph`al be lacking, fail (Arabic [untranscribed source text 3733] remain or lag behind); —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke