Hebrew word · H5740

עֵ֫דֶר

ve'eder

Eder

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.23.23;

son of: Mushi (H4187);

brother of: Mahli (H4249H) and Jerimoth (H3406K)

§ Eder = "a flock"

a Merarite Levite in the time of David

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 15:21 וְעֵ֖דֶר and Eder

    These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

    Here: "And Eder," a name meaning "flock," which suits herding country. Its location is unknown, and some scholars suspect it is a miscopied Arad.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:23 וְעֵ֛דֶר and Eder

    The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.

  2. 1 Chronicles 24:30 וְעֵ֖דֶר and Eder

    And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.