Strong’s H5739 · Hebrew
עֵדֶר
ʻêder
ay'-der
Definition
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
Etymology
from H5737 (עֲדַר);
Where the KJV renders it
- drove
- flock
- herd
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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