H5708: עֵד
ʻêd · pronounced ayd · “filth”
Definition
the menstrual flux (as periodical); by implication (in plural) soiling
KJV translates it as: filthy.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to set a period (compare H5710 (עָדָה), H5749 (עוּד));
Extended definition
1) menstruation
1a) filthy rag, stained garment (fig. of best deeds of guilty people)
1a) filthy rag, stained garment (fig. of best deeds of guilty people)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5708 is translated
- menstruations ×1
Bible verses with H5708 (ʻêd)
ʻêd appears in 1 verse.
- Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.