Lexical Definition

‎עֲבַר‎ ʻăbar (ab-ar') beyond ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎עֵבֶר‎

beyond, this side.

• {properly, a region across
• but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan
• ususally meaning the east)}

1) region beyond or across

Extended Information

Aramaic of: עֵבֶר

• Aramaic of e.ver (‎ע‎ֵ֫‎ב‎ֶ‎ר‎ ": side" עֵבֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: עֵבֶר
‎עֲבַר‎ noun masculine region across, beyond (see Biblical Hebrew I. ‎עֵ֫בֶר‎ √‎עָבַר‎); — construct in phrase ‎עֲבַר(ֿ)נַהֲרָה‎, i.e. Syria (Scheft⁸⁷): Ezra 4:10; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:20; Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:8; Ezra 6:13; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:25, ‎נהרא‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ezra 4:16. compare in Cilician Aramaic, Cooke³⁴⁶. ‎עַד‎ see ‎עדה‎. below

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