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# הוֹד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1935

**splendour** — used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

splendour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1935/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הוֹד: n.m. splendour, majesty, vigour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1935/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 37:22 splendour, majesty, vigour (chiefly poet.) (NH id.)—ה׳ abs. Jb 37:22 + 8 times (הַה׳ 1 Ch 29:11); cstr. Is 30:30 + 3 times; sf. הוֹדִי Dn 10:8; הוֹדְךָ Nu 27:20 + 2 times; הוֹדֶ֑ךָ Pr 5:9 ψ 145:4; הוֹדוֹ Ho 14:7 + 3 times; הֹדֹה Je 22:18;— splendour, majesty, of king הוֹדְךָ וַהֲדָרֶ֑ךָ ψ 45:4; הוֹד וְהָדָר תְּשַׁוֶּה עָלָיו ψ 21:6, subj. י׳ (‖ גָּדוֹל כְּבוֹדוֹ בִּישׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ); foretold of the צֶמַה Zc 6:13 וְהוּא־יִשָּׂא הוֹד וְיָשַׁב וּמָשַׁל עַל־כִּסְאוֹ; cf. וַיִּתֵּן עָלָיו הוֹד מַלְכוּת 1 Ch 29:25 (י׳ confers on Sol.); וְלֹא נָֽתְנוּ עָלָיו ה׳ מַלְכוּת Dn 11:21 (of usurper); v. also וְהוֹי הֹדֹה Je 22:18 in lament for king. Hence also divine splendour, majesty, light & glory which God wears as king: הוֹד וְהָדָר לָבָ֑שְׁתָּ ψ 104:1 (7 times joined with הָדָר); cf. Jb 40:10 where י׳ addresses Job in irony; עַל־אֱלוֹהַּ נוֹרָא הוֹד Jb 37:22; ה׳ וְהָדָר לְפָנָיו ψ 96:6 = 1 Ch 16:26; also הַגְּדֻלָּה וְהַגְּבוּרָה וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת וְהַנֵּצַח וְהַה׳ 1 Ch 29:11; see further כִּסָּה שָׁמַיִם הוֹדוֹ Hb 3:3 (‖ וּתְהִלָּתוֹ מָֽלְאָה הָאָ֑רֶץ); אֲשֶׁר־תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם ψ 8:2 (‖ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ); also הוֹדוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָ֑יִם ψ 148:13 (‖ נִשְׂגָּב שְׁמוֹ לְבַדּוֹ); הֲדַר כְּבוֹד הוֹדֶ֑ךָ 145:4; of Yahweh’s actions הוֹד וְהָדָר פָּעֳלוֹ 111:3; of his voice וְהִשְׁמִיעַ י׳ אֶת־הוֹד קוֹלוֹ Is 30:30. splendour of Israel under divine blessing וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הוֹדוֹ Ho 14:7. majesty, dignity, authority of Moses Nu 27:20 (P; only here in Hex) וְנָתַתָּ מֵהוֹדְךָ עָלָיו. Also, manly vigour פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶ֑ךָ Pr 5:9, in warning against licentiousness; as displayed in outward appearance וְהוֹדִי נֶהְפַּךְ עָלַי לְמַשְׁחִית Dn 10:8 (‖ כֹּחַ). of a horse, majesty, majestic force הוֹד נַחְרוֹ אֵימָה Jb 39:20 the majesty of his snorting (majestic snorting, VB) is a terror; also in sim. of Yahweh’s dealings with Judah, וְשָׂם אוֹתָם כְּסוּס הוֹדוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָה Zc 10:3 and he will make them like the horse of his majesty in battle.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: splendor (10); majesty (4); the majesty (2).

## In the verses

[Job 37:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.22/#tree)

מִ֭צָּפוֹן זָהָ֣ב יֶֽאֱתֶ֑ה עַל־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נ֣וֹרָא הֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] north gold it.comes \[is\].on God awesome majesty

*JPS 1917:* Out of the north cometh golden splendour, about God is terrible majesty.

[Psalms 145:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.5/#tree)

הֲ֭דַר כְּב֣וֹד הוֹדֶ֑ךָ וְדִבְרֵ֖י נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֣יךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה׃

*Word for word:* the.majesty of.the.glory your.splendor your and the.matters of your.wonders I.will.meditate.on

*JPS 1917:* The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, and Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1935.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1935/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).