Jordan — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַרְדֵּן

יַרְדֵּן

Yardên · pronounced yar-dane' · Strong's H3383 · a people

Jordan means a descender.

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Strong's definition

from H3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.

First appearance

Gen 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jordan

164 occurrences in 164 verses — Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah

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