הֲדַר
hădar · H1923 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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majesty, majestic
State in which humans have personal greatness and a high status, recognized and respected by others
ExamplesDaniel 4:30 “The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’
Daniel 4:36 “At that time my reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the honor of my kingdom, and my state counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me.
Daniel 5:18 “O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 2
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תּוּבto return, to answer 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְקָרglory 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- כָּבוֹד kâbôwd · H3519 · honor, power, dignity
- כָּבוֹד is the most common Hebrew term for glory, honour, and majesty, sharing substantial semantic overlap with הֲדַר and frequently used in similar contexts to describe divine or royal splendor.
- הוֹד hôwd · H1935 · glory
- הוֹד denotes splendor and majesty, particularly in royal and divine contexts, and is closely synonymous with הֲדַר in describing honorable magnificence.
- תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh · H8597 · greatness, glory, beauty
- תִּפְאֶרֶת denotes beauty, glory, and honour, often used to describe the splendor and magnificence that overlaps with the semantic range of הֲדַר.
Contrasting words 2 words
- בּוּז bûwz · H937 · contempt
- בּוּז denotes contempt and despising, the direct lexical opposite of honour and majesty, representing the removal or negation of respect and dignity.
- קָלוֹן qâlôwn · H7036 · disgrace, shame, insult
- קָלוֹן denotes shame and dishonour, the direct opposite of honour and majesty, representing the state of being without dignity or respect.
In the other Testament 2 words
- δόξα dóxa · G1391 · glory, splendor, brightness
- δόξα is the standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting honour, glory, and majesty, and would be the natural choice to render הֲדַר in a Greek translation context.
- μεγαλωσύνη megalōsýnē · G3172 · prominence, greatness, importance
- μεγαλωσύνη specifically denotes majesty and greatness, particularly divine majesty, closely paralleling the semantic range of הֲדַר.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Great002001002012
- Daniel 5:18 recounts that Daniel told Belshazzar, “the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.”
- Names of People003001007
- This Names of People code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with a homonymous personal name spelled the same way (the Hebrew Hadar/Hadad); this word's own three occurrences in Daniel are exclusively the abstract noun “majesty,” never a personal name.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1923. hadar [הֲדַר] noun [masculine] honour, majesty, of king; — emphatic הַדְרָא Dan…
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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