Ford
עֲבָרָהStrong’s H5679avarah (a-va-rah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Avarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ford”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;”
Meaning
- Ford
How it's translated
- the ford 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
עֲבָרָה avarah · ford
ford
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ford” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FORD, noun
- A place in a river or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading.
- A stream; a current.
All definitions and other forms of “ford”
FORD, verb transitive
To pass or cross a river or other water by treading or walking on the bottom; to pass through water by wading; to wade through.
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.