Hebrew word study
עֵבֶר H5676
- Transliteration
- ʻêber
- Pronunciation
- ay'-ber
- KJV glosses
- [idiom] against, beyond, by, [idiom] from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
Lexical summary
properly, a region across
but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan
ususally meaning the east)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, a region across
but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan
ususally meaning the east)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information