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# תִּפְאֶרֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8597

**beauty** — used 51 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

beauty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8597/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תִּפְאָרָה: n.f. beauty, glory [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8597/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. beauty, glory;—תּ׳ Is 28:5 Je 48:17; elsewhere abs. and cstr. תִּפְאֶרֶת Is 3:18 + 20 times; תִּפְאָ֑רֶת Pr 28:12 + 6 times; sf. תִּפְאַרְתִּי Is 46:13 + 20 times sf.;— beauty, finery Is 3:18; of garments 52:1; jewels Ez 16:17, 39; 23:26, cf. 2 Ch 3:6; flock Je 13:20; a man Is 44:13; city of Samaria 28:1, 4; diadem v 5. glory: of rank: apparel of h. p. Ex 28:2, 40 (P); עֲטֶרֶת ת׳ crown of glory Pr 4:9; 16:31 Is 62:3 Je 13:18 Ez 16:12; 23:42; greatness of monarch Est 1:4; house of David and inhabitants of Jerus. Zc 12:7(×2). of renown לְשֵׁם ולת׳ Dt 26:19 1 Ch 22:5 Je 13:11; 33:9. attribute of י׳ ψ 71:8 1 Ch 29:11; שֵׁם ת׳ Is 63:14 1 Ch 29:13; ת׳ עֹז ψ 89:18; זְרוֹעַ ת׳ Is 63:12; hence ת׳ in י׳’s sanctuary ψ 96:6, בֵּית תִּפְאַרְתִּי Is 60:7 cf. 63:15 (of heavenly temple), 64:10; ת׳ as י׳’s gift to Isr. 46:13 cf. 60:19 (also ψ 89:18 supr.); of future fruit of land 4:2; design. of ark of י׳ ψ 78:61. honour of nation Isr. La 2:1. glorying, boasting, of individ., Is 20:5 Pr 17:6; 19:11; 20:29; 28:12; warrior Ju 4:9; monarchs Is 10:12; nations Is 13:19 Ez 24:25, מַקֵּל ת׳ rod (sceptre) of glorying Je 48:17 (others 1).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: splendor (8); honor (7); the splendor (5).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 16:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/#tree)

עֲטֶ֣רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת שֵׂיבָ֑ה בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה תִּמָּצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.crown of.splendor gray.hair in.\[the\] way of.righteousness it.is.found

*JPS 1917:* The hoary head is a crown of glory, it is found in the way of righteousness.

[Proverbs 20:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.29/#tree)

תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת בַּחוּרִ֣ים כֹּחָ֑ם וַהֲדַ֖ר זְקֵנִ֣ים שֵׂיבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].glory of.young.men strength \[is\].their and.\[the\] splendor of.old.\[people\] \[is\].gray.hair

*JPS 1917:* The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8597.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8597/): 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).