Strong's Lexicon

H142

H142 — אָדַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewadarverb-stemOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H142
Word:	אָדַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	adar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-dar'
Meaning:	1. to expand, i.e. be great 2. (figuratively) magnificent
KJV Renderings:	(become) glorious, honourable.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB134

[אָדַר] verb (poetry) wide, great, (thence) high, noble (? Assyrian adâru Dl^W) —

Niph`al Participle majestic, glorious, of ׳ י, נֶאְדָּר Exod 15:11 construct נֶאְדָּרִי Exod 15:6 (see Di);

Hiph`il Imperfect יַאְדִּיר make glorious the teaching Isa 42:21 (׳ י subject)

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אדר (ah-dar’)

Exodus 15:6

KJV: Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

EHCC: hand,...is become glorious in power:

Isaiah 42:21

KJV: The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.it: or, him

EHCC: the law, and make (it) honourable.

Esther 3:7

KJV: In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

EHCC: (month), that (is), the month Adar.

Esther 19:21

EHCC: fourteenth day of the month Adar

Ezra 6:15

KJV: And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

EHCC: 0n the third day of the month Adar,

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