אַדִּיר
ad.dir
great
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word אַדִּיר (ad.dir) is a noun that translates to "great" in English. It appears 27 times in the Bible, highlighting its significance in various contexts. In each occurrence, the word is used to describe something or someone of impressive or remarkable quality. Its meaning is not limited to size or magnitude alone, as "great" can imply importance, excellence, or majesty. This is evident in its usage to describe God's power (Psalm 93:4) and His presence (Psalm 96:3). The frequency and diverse applications of אַדִּיר suggest its importance in describing the nature of God and His relationship with humanity. Its use across different biblical genres and contexts underscores its significance in the Hebrew narrative, offering readers a nuanced understanding of what it means to be "great" in the biblical sense.
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Occurrences in Scripture
27 total occurrences across the text
He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from Yahweh’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
Nehemiah 3:5Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.
Nehemiah 10:29joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
Psalms 8:1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
Psalms 8:9Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
Psalms 76:4Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game.
Psalms 93:4Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
Psalms 93:4Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
Psalms 136:18and killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever:
Isaiah 10:34He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Isaiah 33:21But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
Isaiah 33:21But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry. Wallow in dust, you leader of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you will fall like fine pottery.
Jeremiah 25:35The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape.
Jeremiah 25:36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leader of the flock, for Yahweh destroys their pasture.
Jeremiah 30:21Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me?” says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 17:23I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.
Nahum 2:5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
Nahum 3:18Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
Zechariah 11:2Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
Exodus 15:10You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Judges 5:13“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
Judges 5:25He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.