Strong's Lexicon: H1921 הָדַר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1921
Word:	הָדַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	hadar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	haw-dar'
Meaning:	1. to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive) 2. (by implication) to favor or honour, be high or proud
KJV Renderings:	countenance, crooked place, glorious, honour, put forth.

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BDB2077

הָדַר verb swell (?), honour, adorn, (Late Hebrew הִדֵּר adorn; Aramaic הַדַּר [untranscribed source text 1255] Pa`el adorn, honor; perhaps all denominative; compare Palmyrene proper name, feminine הדירת ornata, honorata Vog^{No. 55}; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1256] be of no account; but also ferbuit (vinum) & [untranscribed source text 1257] inflatus, tumens (venter)) —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular וְהָדַרְתָּ֫ Lev 19:32 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תֶּהְדַּר Exod 23:3; Lev 19:15 Passive participle הָדוּר Isa 63:1, plural הֲדוּרִים Isa 45:2 (possibly הררים ᵐ5 ὄρη, compare Di, but see הר ) —

1. swell, only passive participle plural Isa 45:2 (si vera lectio) in neuter sense, of hills, swelling places, swells of land (made level before Cyrus).

2. honour, pay honour to, followed by accusative; in good sense וְהָדַרְתָּ פְּנֵי זָקֵן Lev 19:32 ( H ) and thou shalt honour the face of an old man (|| מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם); in bad sense (of partiality, favouritism) לֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֺל Lev 19:15 ( H ) (|| לֹא תִשָּׂא פְנֵידָֿל); compare וְדַל לֹא תֶּהְדַּר בְּרִיבוֺ Exod 23:3 ( J E ; either read גָּדֹל for ודל, — ו not needed at beginning of see, — so Kn SS and others, yet ᵐ5 πένητα; — or suppose balancing clause, as Lev 19:15, to have fallen out, compare Di).

3. adorn, only passive participle adorned, made splendid הָדוֺר בִּלְבוּשׁוֺ Isa 63:1.

Niph`al Perfect נֶהְדָּ֑רוֺ Lam 5:12 were (not) honoured, subject פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים.

Hithpa`el Imperfect jussive 2 masculine singular תִּתְהַדַּר Prov 25:6 honour oneself, i.e. claim honour.

BDB9468

[הֲדַר] verb

Pa`el glorify God ( ᵑ7 Syriac, Biblical Hebrew honour man); — Imperfect 2 masculine singular הַדַּ֑רְתָּ Dan 5:23, 1 singular הַדְּרֵת Dan 4:31 Participle active מְהַדַּר v.Dan 4:34 (all with ל person).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הדר (hah-dar’)

Leviticus 19:32

KJV: Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

EHCC: and honour the face of the old man,

Exodus 28:8

KJV: And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.curious: or, embroidered

EHCC: Neither shalt thou countenance

Leviticus 19:15

KJV: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

EHCC: nor Aonour the person of the mighty:

Leviticus 63:1

EHCC: glorious in his cone cane deste)

Lamentations 5:12

KJV: Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

EHCC: the faces of eldera were not honoured.

Strong's Lexicon

H1921 — הָדַר