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    Yarden

    Pronounced yar-DEN

    boy
    Not found in the KJV text — No — the name Yarden does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "To flow down; Jordan River", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Yarden.
    Meaning
    "To flow down; Jordan River"
    Origin
    Hebrew

    Yarden is the Jordan — the river of crossing over into promise. 'And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan.' Yarden is the threshold between wilderness and inheritance.

    Spiritual meaning

    Yarden parts for passage — dry ground in the midst of the river, flesh restored in its waters, the crossing into what God promised.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground."

      Joshua 3:17 (KJV) →

    • "Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again."

      2 Kings 5:14 (KJV) →
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