הֶדֶר
heder · H1925 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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glory, splendor
State in which humans have personal greatness and a high status, recognized and respected by others
ExamplesDaniel 11:20 “Then in his place one will arise who will allow an oppressor to pass through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger nor in battle.
How it’s used In 1 role
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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַלְכוּתkingdom, reign, kingship 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 2 words
- כָּבוֹד kâbôwd · H3519 · honor, power, dignity
- The most common Hebrew term for glory; both כָּבוֹד and הֶדֶר denote divine or regal splendor, though כָּבוֹד emphasizes weight/substance while הֶדֶר emphasizes visual magnificence and honor.
- תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh · H8597 · greatness, glory, beauty
- Both denote splendor and glorious beauty; תִּפְאֶרֶת emphasizes ornamental beauty and magnificence, closely overlapping with הֶדֶר's sense of visible glory and honor.
Contrasting words 2 words
- קָלוֹן qâlôwn · H7036 · disgrace, shame, insult
- קָלוֹן represents the opposite of glory/honor: disgrace and shame, the antithetical state to the magnificence and honor conveyed by הֶדֶר.
- בֹּשֶׁת bôsheth · H1322 · shame, shamefaced
- בּוֹשֶׁת denotes shame and disgrace, the lexical opposite of glory and honor; where הֶדֶר signifies splendor and majesty, בּוֹשֶׁת represents humiliation and dishonor.
In the other Testament 1 word
- δόξα dóxa · G1391 · glory, splendor, brightness
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew glory terminology; δόξα regularly renders הדר and its cognate family in the LXX as the primary term for divine and royal glory.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Great002001002012
- הֶדֶר, in its one occurrence, denotes glory or splendor, a quality of exalted greatness attributed in Isaiah's oracle to the majesty of a distant kingdom.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1925. heder הֶ֫דֶר noun [masculine] ornament, adornment, splendour, only construct ׳ה…
הֶ֫דֶר noun [masculine] ornament, adornment, splendour, only construct ׳ה מַלְכוּת Dan 11:20 splendour of (the) kingdom, compare AV RV, i.e. Judaea, or perhaps Jerusalem according to Leng Hi Meinh; but rather royal splendour, compare Gr, & especially Bev who reads ה מַעֲבִיר ׳נוֺגֵשׂ (for HCT נוגשׂ מעביר), i.e. an exactor who shall cause the royal splendour to pass away.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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