פָּאַר
pâʼar · paw-ar'
to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from H6288 (פְּאֹרָה),
to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
- to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish
- figuratively, to boast
- also, to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself
- to shake a tree
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory, vaunt self.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
To speak, the word of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּאַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to beautify2 · 14%
- glory1 · 7%
- thou shalt not go over the boughs1 · 7%
- vaunt1 · 7%
- he will beautify1 · 7%
- boast1 · 7%
- and glorified1 · 7%
- in whom i will be glorified1 · 7%
- for he hath glorified1 · 7%
- and i will glorify1 · 7%
- because he hath glorified1 · 7%
- that i may be glorified1 · 7%
- that he might be glorified1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.