בְּעַד

Strong’s Definition

in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.

Etymology & Derivation

from H5704 (עַד) with prepositional prefix;

KJV Usage

about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about
• 2.through (of action)
• 3.behind (with verbs of shutting)
• 4.about (with verbs of fencing)
• 5.on behalf of (metaphorically especially with hithpael)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: bᵉʻad; Pronunciation: beh-ad'