H5872 עֵין גֶּדִי (ʻÊyn Gedîy) ane geh'-dee

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Engedi

Biblical Persons & Places

Engedi Engedi

A location first mentioned at Jos.15.62; referred to as Engedi (עֵין גֶּ֫דִי), or Hazazon-tamar (KJV= Hazezon-tamar, NIV= Hazezon Tamar) (חַצֲצֹן תָּמָר).

Strong's Definition

En-Gedi, a place in Palestine

Derivation: from H5869 (עַיִן) and H1423 (גְּדִי); fountain of a kid;

KJV Usage: En-gedi.

Outline of Biblical Usage

En-gedi = "fount of the kid"

1) a town in the wilderness of Judah on the western shore of the Dead Sea

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֵין גֶּ֫דִי (en ge.di) — Engedi. En-gedi = "fount of the kid" a town in the wilderness of Judah on the western shore of the Dead Sea Also named: chats.tson ta.mar (חַצֲצֹן תָּמָר "Hazazon-tamar" H2688)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֵין גֶּדִי (H5872) — עֵין־גֶּדִי

name · עַיִן · גָּדִי

Names of Landforms | ≈ חַצְצֹן תָּמָר

En-Gedi = oasis, also known as Hazezon-Tamar; ◄ located in the wilderness; territory of Judah; on western shore of Dead Sea

JOS 15:62 · 1SA 24:1 · 1SA 24:2 · 2CH 20:2 · SNG 1:14 · EZK 47:10

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֵין גֶּ֫דִי n.pr.loc. Ενγαδδει, etc. base

Bible Occurrences (5)

15:62

23:29 24:1

20:2

47:10

Joshua 15:62

Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi— six cities, along with their villages.

1 Samuel 23:29

And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1

After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

2 Chronicles 20:2

Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat,... A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi...).

Ezekiel 47:10

Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets [to catch] fish of many... kinds,... like the fish of the Great Sea.