עָדַף
a.daph
to remain
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the word "עָדַף" (H5736: a.daph) means "to remain". Its semantic domain falls under Movement & Travel, suggesting that this word may relate to staying in one place or resisting movement. The word is used 9 times in the Bible. This frequency implies that it has some significance in various contexts, although its specific range of usage is not immediately clear from the provided data. It may be used to describe a range of scenarios, from staying in one location to resisting movement or departure. Given its definition and usage, the significance of "עָדַף" (H5736: a.daph) to the biblical narrative is likely nuanced, with potential applications in storytelling, character motivation, and thematic development. However, without further contextual analysis, its specific importance to the biblical message remains unclear.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
9 total occurrences across the text
When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating.
Exodus 16:23He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ”
Exodus 26:12The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent—the half curtain that remains—shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
Exodus 26:12The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent—the half curtain that remains—shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
Exodus 26:13The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Leviticus 25:27then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
Numbers 3:46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
Numbers 3:48and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
Numbers 3:49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;