פְּאֵר
pᵉʼêr · peh-ayr'
an embellishment, i.e. fancy head-dress
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6286 (פָּאַר);
an embellishment, i.e. fancy head-dress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beauty, bonnet, goodly, ornament, tire.
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 פְּאֵר 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and goodly1 · 14%
- the bonnets1 · 14%
- unto them beauty1 · 14%
- himself with ornaments1 · 14%
- the tire of thine head1 · 14%
- and your tires1 · 14%
- bonnets1 · 14%
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.