Lexical Definition

‎אַדִּיר‎ ʼaddîyr (ad-deer') great ^H:A
from ‎אָדַר‎

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

• wide or (generally) large
• figuratively, powerful

1) great, majestic
1a) of waters of sea
1b) of a tree
1c) of kings, nations, gods
2) great one, majestic one
2a) of nobles, chieftains, servants

See Greek: δυνάστης · δυνατός · θαυμαστός · ἰσχυρός · ἰσχύς · κραταιός · μέγας · μεγιστᾶνες · στερεός · ὑπερέχω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַדִּיר‎ adjective majestic — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 8:2* +; feminine ‎אַדֶּ֫רֶת‎ Ezek 17:8 ? (see below) etc. —

1. majestic (wide, lofty) of waters of sea Exod 15:10; Ps 93:4 a ship Isa 33:21 a tree Ezek 17:23 a vine Ezek 17:8 (‎גֶּפֶן אַדֶּרֶת‎, so Fü; or ‎׳‎‎א‎ abstract noun see below ‎אַדֶּרֶת‎ below); also figurative of kings Ps 136:18 nations Ezek 32:18 gods 1Sam 4:8 of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 93:4; Ps 76:5* of name of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 8:2*; Ps 8:10*.

2. substantive majestic one, of nobles, chieftains, etc., Judg 5:13; Judg 5:25; Nah 2:6*; Nah 3:18 Jer 14:3; Jer 25:34 (‎אַדִּירֵי הַצּאֹן‎ figurative so): Jer 25:35; Jer 25:36; Jer 30:21; Zech 11:2; 2Chr 23:20; Neh 3:5; Neh 10:30* of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 10:34; Isa 33:21 of servants of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 16:3 (= priests ? compare 1Chr 24:5 & see Che).

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