To remain
עָדַףStrong’s H5736adaph (a-daph)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Adaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “surplus”, “had a surplus” and “which is surplus”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.”
Meaning
- To remain over, be in excess(Qal) · (Hiphil) to have a surplus
How it's translated
- the surplus 3
- he had a surplus 1
- which is surplus 1
- in the surplus 1
- who are in excess 1
- those are in excess 1
- those were in excess 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 4
- Numbers 3
- Leviticus 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 16:23And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
- Exodus 26:12And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:13And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
- Leviticus 25:27Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
- Numbers 3:46And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
- Numbers 3:48And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
Hebrew dictionary
עָדַף adaph · to remain
1) to remain over, be in excess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be in excess 1a1a) excess (subst) 1a1b) surplus (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to have a surplus
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMA'IN, verb intransitive
[Latin remaneo; re and maneo, Gr.]
- To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite.“Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown” Genesis 38:11
- To be left after others have withdrawn; to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away.“Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark” Genesis 7:23
- To be left after a part or others have past.
- To continue unchanged, or in a particular state.
All definitions and other forms of “remain”
- Not to be lost; not to escape; not to be forgotten.
- To be left, out of a greater number or quantity.“That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept till the morning” Exodus 16:23
- To be left as not included or comprised.
- To continue in the same state.
REMA'IN, verb transitive
To await; to be left to; as, the easier conquest now remains thee. [This is elliptical for remains to thee. remain is not properly a transitive verb.]
REMA'IN, noun
That which is left; a corpse; also, abode. [Not used.]
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.