עֵין גֶּדִי
en-gedi · En-gedi
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5872 · appears 12 times in the Bible
What is the Strong number?
Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
en-gedi (עֵין גֶּדִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “En-gedi”.
An oasis by the Salt Sea, in the wilderness of Judah. The name means "spring of the young goat."
How to say it
en ge·di
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
En Gedi
Today: Ein Gedi oasis by the Dead Sea, Israel
An oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea, about 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Jerusalem.
David hid from Saul in the caves of En Gedi and spared his life (1 Sam 24:1-7).
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Joshua 15:62
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi: six cities with their villages.
- 1 Samuel 23:29
David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.
- 1 Samuel 24:1
When Saul returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying, “Look, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:2
They came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Aram; and look, they are in Hazazon-tamar, that is En-gedi.”
- Song of Songs 1:14
A cluster of henna is my beloved to me in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Ezekiel 47:10
And it will be that fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim; there will be a place for spreading nets; according to its kinds will be their fish, like the fish of the great sea, very many.
And 6 more times.