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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