Strong’s H155 · Hebrew
אַדֶּרֶת
ʼaddereth
ad-deh'-reth
Definition
something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)
Etymology
feminine of H117 (אַדִּיר); ; also the same as H145 (אֶדֶר)
Where the KJV renders it
- garment
- glory
- goodly
- mantle
- robe
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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