עֵדֶרʻêder

Meanings

Same root

• עֲדַרʻădar · H5737to arrange as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
• מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶרMigdal-ʻÊder · H4029Migdal-Eder, a place in Palestine
• עֵדֶרʻÊder · H5740Eder, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
• עַדְרִיאֵלʻAdrîyʼêl · H5741Adriel, an Israelite

Where it appears

Appears 38 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 29:2 He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.
• Genesis 29:3 It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.
• Genesis 29:8 “We can’t water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”
• Genesis 30:40 Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.
• Genesis 32:16 He divided these animals into herds and assigned each to different servants. Then he told his servants, “Go ahead of me with the animals, but keep some distance between the herds.”
• Genesis 32:19 Jacob gave the same instructions to the second and third herdsmen and to all who followed behind the herds: “You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.