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יַרְדֵּן H3383
H3383 is the Hebrew word יַרְדֵּן, transliterated Yardên and said yar-dane'. The King James Version most often renders it jordan.
What it means
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.
Where it comes from
from H3381 (יָרַד); a descender.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 161 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Jordan.
Verses using יַרְדֵּן
The first 40 of 148 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 13:10 · KJV
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Genesis 13:11 · KJV
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Genesis 32:10 · KJV
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Genesis 50:10 · KJV
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Numbers 22:1 · KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 26:3 · KJV
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers 26:63 · KJV
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 31:12 · KJV
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 32:19 · KJV
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Numbers 32:21 · KJV
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
Numbers 32:29 · KJV
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
Numbers 33:48 · KJV
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers 33:49 · KJV
And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
Numbers 33:50 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers 33:51 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Numbers 34:12 · KJV
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Numbers 34:15 · KJV
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
Numbers 35:1 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers 35:10 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Numbers 35:14 · KJV
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
Numbers 36:13 · KJV
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Deuteronomy 1:1 · KJV
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy 1:5 · KJV
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:29 · KJV
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Deuteronomy 3:8 · KJV
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Deuteronomy 3:17 · KJV
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
Deuteronomy 3:20 · KJV
Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
Deuteronomy 3:25 · KJV
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Deuteronomy 4:21 · KJV
Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
Deuteronomy 4:22 · KJV
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Deuteronomy 4:26 · KJV
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 4:41 · KJV
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 4:46 · KJV
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 4:47 · KJV
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 4:49 · KJV
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
Deuteronomy 9:1 · KJV
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Deuteronomy 11:30 · KJV
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy 11:31 · KJV
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Deuteronomy 12:10 · KJV
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Deuteronomy 27:2 · KJV
And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
Common questions
What does Strong's H3383 mean?
H3383 is the Hebrew word יַרְדֵּן (Yardên), meaning Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.
How is H3383 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it jordan (156 times), over jordan (2 times), also and jordan (1 time), out of jordan (1 time), pray thee unto jordan (1 time).
How many times does H3383 appear in the Bible?
יַרְדֵּן (Yardên) is tagged in 148 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3383 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3381 (יָרַד); a descender.
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