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עֵין־דֹּר

En-dor

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H5874 Strong's Hebrew
ʻÊyn-Dôʼr Transliteration
/ane-dore'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 6 appearances

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About this entry

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עיןדאר (ʻÊyn-Dôʼr) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “En-dor.” The Hebrew Bible uses it only 3 verses. Joshua dominates its distribution — 1 of 3 verses. It first appears in Joshua 17:11. For the data behind this summary, explore 3-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
En-dor
Modern gloss
En-dor
Strong's 1890 agrees
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About this word

Strong's H5874 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

3
distinct verses
The word appears in 3 distinct verses.
3 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 3 of 39 Old Testament books.
Joshua 17:11
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Joshua 17:11.
Psalms 83:10
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Psalms 83:10.
#3,040
by frequency
Top 5000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 3,040 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 3 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 0 · 0%
  • Historical 2 · 67%
  • Wisdom 1 · 33%
  • Prophets 0 · 0%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 3 distinct verses.

  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 2 verses · 67%
  • Writings (Ketuvim) 1 verse · 33%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.

  • King James Version: Endor 3×
  • American Standard Version: En-dor 2×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Endor 3×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: En dor 2×, Is in endor 2×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H5874 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Endor” 3×

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H5874 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “En-dor” 2×

Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H5874 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Endor” 3×

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H5874 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “En dor” 2×
  • “Is in endor” 2×

Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


39 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol Meaning
𝔊 the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙 the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖 the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗 the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ the Psalms
√ root (the underlying root or stem)
‖ parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
† the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 39 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

עיןדאר I

  • 1. lit. as physical organ,
    • a. of man Ex 21:6(×3) (E), Gn 3:6 (J) +, Lv 21:20; 24:20(×2); 26:16 (H; very rarely P, e.g. Dt 34:4, 7), 2 K 4:34(×2) +; once שְׁתֵּי עֵינַי Ju 16:28. e.g. Exodus 21:6
    • b. anthropomorph. of י׳ ψ 33:18; 34:16 (אֶל) +. e.g. Psalms 33:18
    • c. of idols ψ 115:5; 135:16. e.g. Psalms 115:5
    • d. of beasts Gn 30:41 (J), Jb 40:24 (hippop., si vera l., but prob. crpt. Di Siegf Bu Du where see conj.), 41:10 (crocod.); bird Jb 28:7; 39:29; Pr 1:17. e.g. Genesis 30:41
    • e. in wheels Ez 1:18 cf. 10:12; on stone Zc 3:9 (all in visions). e.g. Ezekiel 1:18
    • f. subj. of ראה see Gn 45:12(×2) (E), + (often Dt), c. חזה ψ 11:4; men see בְּע׳ Dt 3:27; 2 K 7:12 +; especially נָשָׂא ע׳ + ראה Gn 13:10, 14 (J) +; cf. לְכָל־מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Lv 13:12 = as far as the priest can see, מַרְאֵה ע׳ Dt 28:34 what is seen by the eyes = v 67 Ec 6:9. e.g. Genesis 45:12
    • g. as affected by sleep, v. שֵׁנָה sub [יָשֵׁן].
    • h. as weeping, ע׳ מְקוֹר דִּמְעָה Je 8:23, ע׳ נִגְּרָה La 3:49, דָּֽלְפָה ע׳ Jb 16:20; v. also Je 31:16 ψ 116:8, and ירד Qal 3 c. e.g. Jeremiah 8:23
    • i. as growing dim, v. I. כָּהָה, חָשַׁךְ 3; c. כָּבֵד Gn 48:10 (E), קוּם 1 S 4:15 1 K 14:4, שָׁעַע Is 32:3; 6:10 (Hiph.); c. כָּלָה pine, languish, v. כ׳ Qal 2 b, Pi. 2 b, c. דָּאַב ψ 88:10, עָשַׁשׁ 6:8; 31:10, דָּלַל Is 38:14. e.g. Genesis 48:10
    • j. c. פָּקַח open, after sleep Jb 27:19, sleep of death 2 K 4:35; = keep awake Pr 20:13 (opp. שֵׁנָה); of new power of vision Gn 3:5, 7 (J), given by God 21:19 (E), 2 K 6:17(×2); so (c. וַיְגַל) Nu 22:31 (JE); = give sight to blind 2 K 6:20(×2); Is 35:5; 42:7 ψ 146:8; of God (י׳) opening his eyes, פָּקַח ע׳ 2 K 19:16 = Is 37:17, Dn 9:18, + עַל־ Je 32:19; Zc 12:4; Jb 14:3 שִׂים ע׳ עַל Gn 44:21 (J) Je 39:12; 40:4, + לטובה 24:6, + לרעה Am 9:4; c. פָּתַח, + אֶל־ 1 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 6:20; 1 K 8:52; Ne 1:6, + ל 2 Ch 6:40; 7:15; + inf. Ne 1:6. e.g. Job 27:19
    • k. אוֹר ע׳ etc., = revive, v. אור vb. Qal, Hiph.; noun, 10.
    • l. קָרַץ ע׳ = wink ψ 35:19; Pr 10:10, ק׳ בְּע׳ 6:13. e.g. Psalms 35:19
    • m. יִרְזְמוּן ע׳ Jb 15:12 i.e. roll (in anger). e.g. Job 15:12
    • n. לָטַשׁ ע׳ ל׳ Jb 16:9 whet eyes against = ‘look daggers at.’ e.g. Job 16:9
    • o. put out eye, v. עִוֵּר, נקר.
    • p. as feature of beauty, יְפֵה ע׳ Dt 16:12; cf. Ct 4:9; 7:5, ע׳ יוֹנִים 1:15; 4:1 and 5:12 (כְּיוֹנִים); on other hand, ע׳ לֵאָה רַכּוֹת Gn 29:17 (E); וַתָּשֶׂם בַּפּוּךְ ע׳ †2 K 9:30 (v. פּוּךְ), cf. Je 4:30, כָּחַל ע׳ Ez 23:40 paint the eyes †. e.g. Deuteronomy 16:12
    • q. apple of the eye, v. אִישׁוֹן, [בָּבָה], בַּת 6.
    • r. גַּבֹּת ע׳ Lv 14:9 eyebrows. e.g. Leviticus 14:9
    • s. חַכְלִילִי ע׳ מִיָּ֑יִן Gn 49:12, חַכְלִילוּת ע ׳ Pr 23:29 (v. ח׳); מְאוֹר ע׳ Pr 15:30, v. Toy.—v. שׁתם for Nu 24:3, 15. e.g. Genesis 49:12
  • 2.
    • a. eyes as shewing mental qualities: arrogance ע׳ גַבְהוּת Is 2:11, ע׳ גְבֹהִים 5:15, גְּבַהּ־ע׳ ψ 101:5, תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם ע׳ Is 10:12; c. רוּם also ψ 18:28 (so read also ‖ 2 S 22:28 Hup HPS), 131:1 Pr 6:17; 21:4; humility, שַׁח ע׳ Jb 22:29; mockery, ע׳ תִּלְעַג לְ Pr 30:17; cf. רָעָה ע׳ בְּ Dt 15:9 (grudging), 28:54, 56 (id.); especially (עַל) ע׳ אַל־תָּחֹס not have pity on Dt 7:16 + 4 times Dt, Ez 5:11 + 8 times Ez, Is 13:18, also Gn 45:20 (E; = not regret); cf. נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵע׳ Ho 13:14. e.g. Isaiah 2:11
    • b. מַחְמַד ע׳ Ez 24:16 desire of the eyes, so v 21, 25; שִׁקּוּצֵי ע׳ 20:7 abominations of the eyes, so v 3.—ψ 73:7 v. חֵלֶב. e.g. Ezekiel 24:16
  • 3. Fig. of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
    • a. תִּפָּקַחְנָה ע׳ Gn 3:5, 7 (J) Is 42:7, גִּלוּי ע׳ Nu 24:4, 16 (JE); also טַח מֵרְאוֹת ע׳ Is 44:18; ע׳ אֶל־י׳ ψ 123:2 (see v 2(×2) for origin of fig.), +; of י׳, 33:18 (i.e. his favour) 34:16 (id.) +. e.g. Genesis 3:5
    • b. ע׳ הַזֹּנוֹת Ez 6:9; תִּשְׂבַּע ע׳ Ec 1:8; 4:8; שָֽׁאֲלוּ ע׳ 2:10; ע׳ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ Pr 4:25; טוֹב־ע׳ 22:9 = bountiful, רַע עָ֑יִן 23:6 = niggardly one, so 28:22; eye as avenue of temptation Jb 31:1, 7; שִׁית ע׳ ψ 17:11 = design. e.g. Ezekiel 6:9
    • c. especially בְּעֵינֵי, c. adj. and intrans. verbs, in the view, opinion, of Gn 16:4, 5 (J), 21:11, 12 (E), 34:18 (P), + often; c. act. vb. 2 S 10:3 = 1 Ch 19:3; Est 1:17; 3:6; הַטּוֹב בְּע׳ Gn 16:6; 19:14 (J), +, i.e. what one pleases, Nu 36:6 (P) whom they please; הַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Dt 12:8, 25 +, הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ v 28 Jos 9:25 (D), הָרַע בְּע׳ Ju 2:11; 3:7; Dt 4:25 + especially D and K (RD); so לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 S 22:25 = ψ 18:25; אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Nu 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+ לְבַבְכֶם). e.g. Genesis 16:4
    • d. נֶעְלָם מֵע׳ Lv 4:13 i.e. hid from knowledge of, so Nu 5:13 (both P), Jb 28:21; מֵע׳ Nu 15:24 (P) without the knowledge of; אַעְלִים ע׳ מִן Is 1:15 = disregard, pay no attention; cf. Lv 20:4 (H) Ez 22:26; without מִן, abs., Pr 28:27; נִסְתְּרוּ מֵע׳ Is 65:16, וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵע׳ Jb 3:10; אַעְלִים ע׳ בּוֹ (i.e. בַּכֹּפֶר) 1 S 12:3 (נעלים sandals + ענו בי 𝔊 Th We Kit, cf. Ecclusxlvi. 19; Bu HPS ins. ענו בי); הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ע׳ Dt 16:19, cf. כְּסוּת ע׳ Gn 20:16 (E). e.g. Leviticus 4:13
  • 4. Transferred meanings:
    • a. visible surface of earth Ex 10:5, 15 (J) Nu 22:5, 11 (JE). e.g. Exodus 10:5
    • b. appearance Lv 13:5 (P; reading בְּעֵינוֹ Di Kau Dr-Wh), v 37 (P; reading id.), v 55 (P) Nu 11:7(×2) (JE); so appar. dual 1 S 16:7. e.g. Leviticus 13:5
    • c. gleam, sparkle (of metal, jewels, etc.) Ez 1:4, 7, 16, 22, 27; 8:2; 10:9 Dn 10:6; of wine Pr 23:31. e.g. Ezekiel 1:4
  • 5. Other phrases are: ע׳ תַּחַת ע׳ Ex 21:24 (E) = Lv 24:20 (H), = ע׳ בְּע׳ Dt 19:21, all = an eye for an eye; ע׳ בְּע׳ = eye to eye, Nu 14:14 (P) Is 52:8 (fig.), cf. וְע׳ אֶת־ע׳ תִּרְאֶינָה Je 32:4; 34:3; especially לְעֵינֵי in the presence of, in full view of Gn 42:24 (E) 47:19 (J) Ex 4:30 (J) Nu 19:5 (P), + often of business transaction Je 32:12(×2); Gn 23:11, 18 (P); so נֶגֶד ע׳ Jo 1:16, לְנֶגֶד ע׳ Jb 4:16, בְּע׳ Jos 3:7; 4:14 1 S 21:14 Ezr 3:12; נִגְרַזְתִּי מִנֶּגֶד ע׳ ψ 31:23; בֵּין ע׳ = on the forehead Ex 13:9, 16 (JE) Dt 6:8; 11:18; 14:1; Dn 8:5, 21. e.g. Exodus 21:24

עיןדאר II spring (of water) (connexion with i. ע׳ dub.

  • a. ע׳ חֲרֹד Ju 7:1 (on loc. cf. GFM). e.g. Judges 7:1
  • b. ע׳ הַקּוֹרֵא (partridge-spring) Ju 15:19 (cf. id.). e.g. Judges 15:19
  • c. ע׳ רֹגֵל near Jerus. (early sanctuary RSSem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172) 2 S 17:17 cf. 1 K 1:9, on border of Judah Jos 15:7, and Benj. 18:16. e.g. 2 Samuel 17:17
  • d. ע׳ הַתַּנִּין (dragonspring) Ne 2:13 (= c.? so RSl.c.).—On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Ne 2:14; 3:15; 12:37 v. שַׁעַר. e.g. Nehemiah 2:13

עיןדאר III loc.

  • 1. לָעָ֑יִן, on NE. border of Can. Nu 34:11, 𝔊 ἐπὶ πηγάς. e.g. Numbers 34:11
  • 2.
    • a. in Negeb of Judah Jos 15:32 (+ וְרִמּוֹן), Levit. city 21:16 (but 𝔊B Ασα read עָשָׁן, as 1 Ch 6:44), appar. = e.g. Joshua 15:32
    • b. 19:7 (+ ר׳; assigned to Simeon), וָע׳ ר׳ 1 Ch 4:32 (read prob. וְעֵין ר׳); prob. mod. Umm er-Ramāmīn, c. 18 mils SW. from Hebron, BuhlGeogr.183.—Vid. עֵין רִמּוֹן. e.g. 1 Chronicles 19:7

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.


Word origin

I. n.f. Gn 3:7 and (Zc 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75) m. eye (ancient Sem. word; √ and relation to ii. ע׳ unknown; NH id.; Ph. ען; 𝔗 עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Palm. עינא, Zinj. sf. עיני, עינך; Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ; Assyrian ênu, enu, TelAm. sf. inaya and (appar. Can. gloss) ḫinaya; Arabic عَيْنٌ; Ethiopic ዐይን );—abs. ע׳ Ex 21:4 +, cstr. עֵין v 26 +; sf. עֵינִי Gn 44:21 + (2 S 16:12 read עָנְיִי Vrss Comm.), עֵינֵךָ Dt 7:16 +, עֵינֵנוּ ψ 35:21 (2 S 20:6 v. נצל Hiph.); sf. 3 mpl. עֵינָם Is 13:18 (Zc 5:6 read עֲוֹנָם 𝔊 We Gr Now), עֵינֵמוֹ ψ 73:7 (but read עֲוֹנָמוֹ v. Comm.); usually du. עֵינַיִם Gn 20:16 +, עֵינָ֑יִם Is 3:16 +, especially cstr. עֵינֵי Gn 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Is 3:8; sf. עֵינַי Gn 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Ju 6:17 +, etc. (Ho 10:10 read עֲוֹנֹתָם) cf. 𝔊 𝔙 Che We Gr Now);—eye:

II. n.f. spring (of water) (connexion with i. ע׳ dub.; NH id., Ph. ען; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic عَيْنٌ; Ethiopic ዐይን; Palm. עינא, 𝔗 עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ );—abs. ע׳ 1 S 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Gn 49:22 +, הָעַ֫יְנָה 24:16, 45; cstr. עֵין v 13 +; pl. עֲיָנֹת Dt 8:7, -וֹת 2 Ch 32:3; cstr. עֵינוֹת Ex 15:27 = Nu 33:9, עִינוֹת Pr 8:28 (Ges§93 v);—spring Gn 16:7; 24:16, 29, 30, 42, 45 (all J) 49:22 (poem in J), 1 S 29:1; עֵין הַמַּיִם Gn 16:7; 24:13, 43 (J), cf. Ex 15:27 (J) Nu 33:9 (P); נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע׳ וּתְהֹמֹת Dt 8:7; מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֹת 2 Ch 32:3; ע׳ תְּהוֹם Pr 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); fig. עֵין יַעֲקֹב Dt 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob’s descendants. Particular springs are:

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Derived from עין (ʻayin) (H5869) — eye.

Part of speech: Proper Name Location


Forms in the corpus

The 6 distinct written forms H5874 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
בְֽ/עֵין Noun, Proper Psalms 83:10 1
בְּ/עֵ֥ין Noun, Proper 1 Samuel 28:7 1
דֹּ֑אר Noun, Proper Psalms 83:10 1
דֹּר֙ Noun, Proper Joshua 17:11 1
דּֽוֹר Noun, Proper 1 Samuel 28:7 1
עֵֽין Noun, Proper Joshua 17:11 1


Bible dictionary

Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (En-dor). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.

Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897

Fountain of Dor; i.e., "of the age", a place in the territory of Issachar (Josh. 17:11) near the scene of the great victory which was gained by Deborah and Barak over Sisera and Jabin (comp. Ps. 83:9, 10). To Endor, Saul resorted to consult one reputed to be a witch on the eve of his last engagement with the Philistines (1 Sam. 28:7). It is identified with the modern village of Endur, "a dirty hamlet of some twenty houses, or rather huts, most of them falling to ruin," on the northern slope of Little Hermon, about 7 miles from Jezreel.

Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863

(fountain of Dor), a place in the territory of Issachar, and yet possessed by Manasseh. (Joshua 17:11) Endor was the scene of the great victory over Sisera and Jabin. It was here that the witch dwelt whom Saul consulted. (1 Samuel 28:7) it was known to Eusebius, who describes it was a large village four miles south of Tabor. Here to the north of Jebel Duhy the name still lingers. The distance from the slopes of Gilboa to Endor is seven or eight miles, over difficult ground.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869

fountain, eye of generation, or of habitation

Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.


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