עֵין גֶּדִיʻÊyn Gedîy
proper name [of a location]: on West shore of Dead Sea (1 Samuel 23:29; 1 Samuel 24:1; Song of Solomon 1:14; 2 Chronicles 20:2; Ezekiel 47:10)
Pronunciation: ane geh'-dee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5872
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six towns with their surrounding villages.
- 1 Samuel 23:29 David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.
- 1 Samuel 24:1 After Saul returned from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David had gone into the wilderness of En-gedi.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army from Edom is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea. They are already at Hazazon-tamar.” (This was another name for En-gedi.)
- Song of Solomon 1:14 He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Ezekiel 47:10 Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.
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).