# אַדִּיר (adir)

Israeli respelling: a-dir. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H117. 25 Old Testament occurrences.

wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful

King James renderings: excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/adir-h117

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 15:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/10) — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- [Judges 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/13) — Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
- [Judges 5:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/25) — He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
- [1 Samuel 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/4/8) — Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in…
- [2 Chronicles 23:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/23/20) — And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the…
- [Nehemiah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/5) — And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
- [Nehemiah 10:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/29) — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the…
- [Psalms 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/8/1) — O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- [Psalms 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/8/9) — O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
- [Psalms 16:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/16/3) — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- [Psalms 76:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/76/4) — Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
- [Psalms 93:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/93/4) — The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- [Psalms 136:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/136/18) — And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- [Isaiah 10:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/34) — And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
- [Isaiah 33:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/21) — But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallan…
- [Jeremiah 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/3) — And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels emp…
- [Jeremiah 25:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/34) — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your disp…
- [Jeremiah 25:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/35) — And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
- [Jeremiah 25:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/36) — A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
- [Jeremiah 30:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/30/21) — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he…
- [Ezekiel 17:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/23) — In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under…
- [Ezekiel 32:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/18) — Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts o…
- [Nahum 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/5) — He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepar…
- [Nahum 3:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/18) — Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gather…
- [Zechariah 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/2) — Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come d…