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Jordan

יַרְדֵּןStrong’s H3383

yarden (yar-den)

Appears in 164 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yarden is the Hebrew word usually translated “jordan”, “jordan towards” and “from jordan”. It appears in 164 verses of the Old Testament.

“There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.”
Zechariah 11:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Jordan = "descender"
How it's translated
  • the jordan 144
  • jordan 9
  • of the jordan 9
  • in the jordan 6
  • of jordan 5
  • the jordan towards 4
  • and the jordan 3
  • from jordan 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 58
  • Deuteronomy 26
  • Numbers 20
  • 2 Samuel 13
  • Judges 11
  • 2 Kings 9

17 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 164 verses, by book
1 Samuel 2
13:731:7
2 Chronicles 1
4:17
Job 1
40:23
Isaiah 1
9:1
Jeremiah 3
12:549:1950:44
Ezekiel 1
47:18
Zechariah 1
11:3
Hebrew dictionary

יַרְדֵּן yarden · Jordan

Jordan = "descender" the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km) Also named: Iordanēs (Ἰορδάνης "Jordan" G2446)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.