תֹּאַר
tôʼar · H8389 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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form, appearance
The shape of (part of) the body of humans and animals; mostly used in contexts emphasizing the beauty of someone's face and figure
ExamplesGenesis 29:17 And Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in figure and appearance.
Genesis 39:6 So he left Joseph in charge of everything that he owned; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
1 Samuel 25:3 (now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),
How it’s used In 6 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
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוּhis 2
- בֵּןson 1
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָשַׁךְto grow dark 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 1
- וֹhim 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֶחָדone 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- פְּרִיfruit, produce 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- εἶδος eîdos · G1491 · form, appearance, sight
- Greek εἶδος (eîdos, G1491) directly translates Hebrew תֹּאַר (tôʼar, H8389) as both denote physical form, appearance, or visible aspect—the external shape or countenance of a person or thing.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Shape002001001052
- This noun denotes physical form or appearance, as in Genesis 29:17's description of Rachel as beautiful in figure and appearance.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8389. toar תֹּ֫אַר noun masculineLam 4:8 outline, form (Phoenician תאר; according to…
תֹּ֫אַר noun masculineLam 4:8 outline, form (Phoenician תאר; according to SchwIdioticon 100 proposes something gazed at, from √ תאר = Christian-Palestinian Aramaic gaze at); — ׳ת absolute Gen 29:17 +; construct Jdg 8:18; suffix תֹּאֲרוֺ (Ges§ 93q) Isa 52:14, תָּאֳרוֺ 1Sa 28:14; — form, of woman, תּ ׳יְפַת Gen 29:17 (E; + מַרְאֶה, || later וּדְמוּת צֶלֶם Gen 1:26, LagOr. ii. 62; BN 149), Est 2:7 (+ id.), 1Sa 25:3; Deu 21:11; of man, ׳יְפֵהתֿ Gen 39:11 (J; + מַרְאֶה), compare Isa 52:14 ( + id.), Isa 53:2 (+ id., הָדָר), Jdg 8:18, so also 1Ch 17:17 (for הור ᵑ0) Klo PerlesAnal. 68; ת ׳אִישׁ 1Sa 16:18, ׳טוֺבתֿ 1Ki 1:6; מַהתָּֿאֳרוֺ 1Sa 28:14; see Lam 4:8 (where by metonymy = aspect, visage); of cattle, ת ׳וִיפוֺת Gen 41:18 (E), ת ׳רָעוֺת Gen 41:19 (E); tree, ׳פְרִיתֿ יְפֵה רַעֲנָן זַיִת Jer 11:16 (Du ת ׳יְפֵיפֵה, see Jer 46:20).
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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