BDB2019
דַּר noun [masculine] pearl ? mother of pearl ? (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1212] pearls, [untranscribed source text 1213] a pearl) Esth 1:6.
Strong's Lexicon
H1858
H1858 — דַּר
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1858 |
|---|---|
| Word: | דַּר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | apparently from the same as H1865 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | dar |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dar |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) a pearl (from its sheen as rapidly turned) 2. by analogy, pearl-stone, i.e. mother-of-pearl or alabaster |
| KJV Renderings: | X white. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
דר (dar)
Daniel 2:38
- KJV: And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
- EHCC: the beasts of the field and the fowls
2 Samuel 22:21
- KJV: The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- EHCC: according to the cleanness of my hands
Job 9:30
- KJV: If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
- EHCC: make my hands never soclean; (lit.cleanse
Isaiah 1:95
- EHCC: purdy purge away (marg. according to