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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