The meaning of “יַרְדֵּן”
Understanding Yardên reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Jordan. - § Jordan = "descender" - Jarden, the principal river of Palestine 1) the river of Palestine running from the r...
יַרְדֵּן
Jordan. - § Jordan = "descender" - Jarden, the principal river of Palestine 1) the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 32:10 | “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.” Word: יַרְדֵּן (Yardên) | |
| Joshua 9:1 | “And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;” Word: יַרְדֵּן (Yardên) | |
| 2 Samuel 19:18 | “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;” Word: יַרְדֵּן (Yardên) | |
| 1 Chronicles 12:37 | “And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.” Word: יַרְדֵּן (Yardên) | |
| Psalms 114:3 | “The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.” Word: יַרְדֵּן (Yardên) |
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