תֹּאַר
tôʼar · to'-ar
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8388 (תָּאַר);
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] beautiful, [idiom] comely, countenance, [phrase] fair, [idiom] favoured, form, [idiom] goodly, [idiom] resemble, visage.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
The mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֹּאַר 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- favoured2 · 13%
- was beautiful1 · 7%
- was a goodly1 · 7%
- a beautiful1 · 7%
- resembled1 · 7%
- and a comely1 · 7%
- countenance1 · 7%
- unto her, what form1 · 7%
- goodly1 · 7%
- was fair1 · 7%
- and his form1 · 7%
- he hath no form1 · 7%
- and of goodly1 · 7%
- their visage1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
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.