אַדֶּרֶתʼaddereth
glory, cloak
Pronunciation: ad-deh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H155
Meanings
1. glory, magnificence (Ezekiel 17:8; Zechariah 11:3)
2. mantle, cloak (Genesis 25:25; Zechariah 13:4; Zechariah 11:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:25 The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.
- Joshua 7:21 Among the plunder I saw a beautiful robe from Babylon, 200 silver coins, and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest.”
- Joshua 7:24 Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor.
- 1 Kings 19:13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- 1 Kings 19:19 So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.
- 2 Kings 2:8 Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. The river divided, and the two of them went across on dry ground!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).