Old Testament Hebrew Database

a prim. root; to descend (lit.) to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or fig. to fall); causat. to bring down (in all the above applications):—× abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come (-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go (-ing) down (-ward), hang down, × indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.

from 3381; a descent; Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an Isr.:—Jared.

from 3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Pal.:—Jordan.

or (2 Chr. 26:15); a prim. root; prop. to flow as water (i.e. to rain); trans. to lay or throw (espec. an arrow, i.e. to shoot); fig. to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach:—(+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach (-er, -ing), through.

from 3384 and 410; founded of God; Jeruel, a place in Pal.:—Jeruel.

perh. denom. from 3394; (born at the) new moon; Jaroäch, an Isr.:—Jaroah.

from 3417; green, i.e. an herb:—green thing.

fem. pass. part. of 3423; possessed; Jerusha or Jerushah, an Israelitess:—Jerusha, Jerushah.

rarely; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills [the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390]); prob. from (the pass. part. of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaïm or Jerushalem, the capital city of Pal.:—Jerusalem.

corresp. to 3389:—Jerusalem.