Strong's Hebrew · H5739

עֵדֶר

ʻêder · ay'-der

Definitionan arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
Derivationfrom H5737 (עֲדַר);
KJV usagedrove, flock, herd.
Occurrences39 in the KJV · 34 verses

עֵדֶר in Scripture

Genesis 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well' s mouth. Genesis 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well' s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well' s mouth in his place. Genesis 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well' s mouth; then we water the sheep. Genesis 30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban' s cattle. Genesis 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. Genesis 32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. Judges 5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 1 Samuel 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father' s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 2 Chronicles 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. Job 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof . Psalms 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. Proverbs 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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