Of Jordan (Jeremiah 12:5), literally the "pride" of Jordan (as in R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts of prey. The reference is not to the overflowing of the river banks. (Comp. 49:19; 50:44; Zechariah 11:3).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swell.

2. (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.

3. (n.) A protuberance; a prominence

4. (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.