sedera · row, rank

What it means

sedera (שְׂדֵרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “row, rank”.

Row, line: of beams or boards in a building, or of soldiers.

How to say it

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

1. Things set side by side in a line: beams or soldiers.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ranks ×3
• rows ×1

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 2 Chronicles×1

• 1 Kings 6:9

  So he built the house and finished it, and he roofed the house with coffers and rows of cedar.

• 2 Kings 11:8

  You will surround the king all around, each man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”

• 2 Kings 11:15

  Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of hundreds, those appointed over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever comes after her, put to death with the sword.” For the priest had said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of YHWH.”

• 2 Chronicles 23:14

  Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds, those appointed over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever comes after her, let him be put to death with the sword.” For the priest had said, “Do not put her to death in the house of YHWH.”