What does אֶדֶן (ʾeden) mean in the Bible?
אֶדֶן (ʾeden): Structural foundation or socket that bears weight; metaphorically, basis or ground of stability
Hebrew · H134
אֶדֶן
A basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
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אֶדֶן H134
Pronunciation ʾeden
What does אֶדֶן (ʾeden) mean in the Bible?
אֶדֶן (ʾeden): Structural foundation or socket that bears weight; metaphorically, basis or ground of stability
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H134?
The BSB source-word alignment has 57 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bases (31), and bases (5), - (4), The bases (4), . . . (3).
Where does אֶדֶן (ʾeden) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 26:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (51), Numbers (4), Job (1), Song Of Solomon (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bases 31× Exodus 26:19, Exodus 26:21, Exodus 26:25, Exodus 26:32
and bases 5× Exodus 35:11, Exodus 35:17, Exodus 39:33, Exodus 39:40
- 4× Exodus 26:25, Exodus 36:24, Exodus 36:26, Exodus 36:30
The bases 4× Exodus 38:17, Exodus 38:27, Exodus 38:30, Exodus 38:31
. . . 3× Exodus 26:25, Exodus 36:30
with their bases 2× Numbers 3:37, Numbers 4:32
[and] 1× Exodus 38:31
and the bases 1× Exodus 38:27
its bases 1× Exodus 40:18
per base 1× Exodus 38:27
were its foundations 1× Job 38:6
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 26:19 אַדְנֵי־ to bases Noun - masculine plural construct Exodus 26:19 אֲדָנִ֜ים to bases Noun - masculine plural Exodus 26:19 אֲדָנִ֛ים to Noun - masculine plural Exodus 26:21 אַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם to bases Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Exodus 26:21 אֲדָנִ֗ים to bases Noun - masculine plural Exodus 26:21 אֲדָנִ֔ים to Noun - masculine plural Exodus 26:25 וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֣ם to bases Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Exodus 26:25 אֲדָנִ֑ים to . . . Noun - masculine plural Exodus 26:25 אֲדָנִ֗ים to - Noun - masculine plural Exodus 26:25 אֲדָנִ֔ים to Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 26:19
Aligned rows 57
Books represented 4
Exodus 51 Numbers 4 Job 1 Song Of Solomon 1
Source forms
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם 9x wə·’aḏ·nê·hem Exodus 27:12, Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 27:16
אַדְנֵי־ 5x ’aḏ·nê- Exodus 26:19, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 36:24, Exodus 36:36
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם 5x wə·’aḏ·nê·hem Exodus 27:10, Exodus 36:38, Exodus 38:10, Exodus 38:11
אֲדָנִ֔ים 4x ’ă·ḏā·nîm Exodus 26:21, Exodus 26:25, Exodus 36:26, Exodus 36:30
אֲדָנִ֛ים 3x ’ă·ḏā·nîm Exodus 26:19, Exodus 36:24, Exodus 38:27
אֲדָנִ֗ים 3x ’ă·ḏā·nîm Exodus 26:21, Exodus 26:25, Exodus 36:26
אַדְנֵ֣י 2x ’aḏ·nê Exodus 38:27
אַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם 2x ’aḏ·nê·hem Exodus 26:21, Exodus 36:26
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 19x Exodus 26:25, Exodus 27:10, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 27:12
Noun - masculine plural 15x Exodus 26:19, Exodus 26:21, Exodus 26:25, Exodus 36:24
Noun - masculine plural construct 11x Exodus 26:19, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 36:24
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 3x Exodus 39:33, Numbers 3:36, Numbers 4:31
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 3x Exodus 35:17, Exodus 39:40, Job 38:6
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 2x Exodus 26:21, Exodus 36:26
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 2x Exodus 35:11, Exodus 40:18
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Exodus 38:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Structural foundation or socket that bears weight; metaphorically, basis or ground of stability
Source Gloss
a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Structural foundation or socket that bears weight; metaphorically, basis or ground of stability
a basis (of a building, a column, etc.) BDB: base Usage: foundation, socket.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֶדֶן is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain