Yardên — H3383

H3383 · Hebrew — ירדן

Pronunciation: yar-dane'

Definition

river proper noun

Jarden, the principal river of Palestine

  1. Jordan = "descender"
  2. the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)

Usually translated as

Jordan

Origin

from H3381; a descender

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yardên occurs 182 times in 164 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Numbers (20), Deuteronomy (26), Joshua (58), Judges (11), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (13), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (9), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y