ʻădar — H5737

H5737 · Hebrew — עדר

Pronunciation: aw-dar'

Definition

verb

to arrange as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)

  1. to help
    1. (Qal) to help
  2. to hoe
    1. (Niphal) to be hoed
  3. to be lacking, fail
    1. (Niphal)
      1. to be lacking
      2. to leave lacking
    2. (Piel) to leave lacking

Usually translated as

fail, keep, dig, lack

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻădar occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (5), Zephaniah (1)