Side
עֵ֫בֶרStrong’s H5676ever (e-ver)
Appears in 83 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ever is the Hebrew word usually translated “on other side of”, “from other side” and “from other side of”. It appears in 83 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.”
Meaning
- Region beyond or across, sideregion across or beyond · side, opposite side
- Region beyond or across
How it's translated
- on other side of 32
- from other side 17
- from other side of 8
- side of 7
- other side of 6
- beyond 4
- and from other side 3
- from the other side 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 24
- Deuteronomy 11
- Numbers 6
- 1 Samuel 5
- 1 Kings 5
- Exodus 4
18 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 50:11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
- Exodus 25:37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
- Exodus 28:26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 32:15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
- Exodus 39:19And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
- Numbers 21:13From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
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Hebrew dictionary
עֵ֫בֶר ever · side
: side/beside 1) region beyond or across, side 1a) region across or beyond 1b) side, opposite side
עֲבַר avar · beyond
region beyond or across Aramaic of e.ver (עֵ֫בֶר ": side" H5676)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “side” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIDE, noun
[Latin latus.]
- The broad and long part of surface of a thing, as distinguished from the end, which is of less extent and many be a point; as the side of a plank; the side of a chest; the side of a house or of a ship.
- Margin; edge; verge; border; the exterior line of any thing, considered in length; as the side of a tract of land or a field, as distinct from the end.
- The part of an animal between the back and the face and belly; the part of which the ribs are situated; as the right side; the left side This is quadrupeds is usually the broadest part.
- The part between the top and bottom; the slope, declivity or ascent, as of a hill or mountain; as the side of mount Etna.
All definitions and other forms of “side”
- One part of a thing, or its superficies; as the side of a ball or sphere.
- Any part considered in respect to its direction or point of compass; as to whichever side we direct our view.
- Party; faction; sect; any man or body of men considered as in opposition to another.
- Interest; favor. Psalms 118:6“The Lord is on my side” Psalms 118:6
- Any part being in opposition or contradistinction to another; In the battle, the slaughter was great on both sides.
- Branch or a family; separate line of descent; as, by the father's side he is descended from a noble family; by the mother's side his birth is respectable.
- Quarter; region; part; as from one side of heaven to the other.
SIDE, adjective
- Lateral; as a side post; but perhaps it would be better to consider the word as compound.
- Being on the side or toward the side; oblique; indirect.
- Long; large; extensive.
SIDE, verb intransitive
[Little used.]
- To lean on one side
- To embrace the opinions of one party or engage in its interest, when opposed to another party; as, to side with the ministerial party.
SIDE, verb transitive
- To stand at the side of. [Not in use.]
- To suit; to pair. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.