עַד
ad · prey, plunder
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5706 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ad (עַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “prey, plunder”.
How to say it
ad
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.
Its senses in the Bible
- What the victor or the beast snatches.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- prey ×2
- plunder ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 49:27
Benjamin is a wolf that tears; in the morning he devours the prey, and at evening he divides the spoil.”
- Isaiah 33:23
Your ropes hang loose; they cannot hold firm the base of their mast, they cannot spread out the sail. Then prey, abundant spoil, will be divided; the lame will plunder the plunder.
- Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me, declares YHWH, for the day when I rise up for the plunder; for my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them my indignation, all the burning of my anger; for by the fire of my jealousy all the earth will be devoured.