Strong’s H5737 · Hebrew
עֲדַר
ʻădar
aw-dar'
Definition
to arrange as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- dig
- fail
- keep (rank)
- lack
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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