What does אָדַר (ʾādar) mean in the Bible?
אָדַר (ʾādar): Expansion into prominence: greatness achieved through becoming wide, spacious, or visibly magnificent.
Hebrew · H142
אָדַר
To expand , i.e. be great or (figuratively) magnificent
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אָדַר H142
Pronunciation ʾādar
What does אָדַר (ʾādar) mean in the Bible?
אָדַר (ʾādar): Expansion into prominence: greatness achieved through becoming wide, spacious, or visibly magnificent.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H142?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and make it glorious (1), is majestic (1), majestic (1).
Where does אָדַר (ʾādar) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 15:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (2), Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and make it glorious 1× Isaiah 42:21
is majestic 1× Exodus 15:6
majestic 1× Exodus 15:11
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Exodus 15:6 נֶאְדָּרִ֖י to is majestic Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct Exodus 15:11 נֶאְדָּ֣ר to majestic Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Isaiah 42:21 וְיַאְדִּֽיר׃ to and make it glorious Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 15:6
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Exodus 2 Isaiah 1
Source forms
וְיַאְדִּֽיר׃ 1x wə·ya’·dîr Isaiah 42:21
נֶאְדָּ֣ר 1x ne’·dār Exodus 15:11
נֶאְדָּרִ֖י 1x ne’·dā·rî Exodus 15:6
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 42:21
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Exodus 15:11
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct 1x Exodus 15:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Expansion into prominence: greatness achieved through becoming wide, spacious, or visibly magnificent.
Source Gloss
to expand , i.e. be great or (figuratively) magnificent
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Expansion into prominence: greatness achieved through becoming wide, spacious, or visibly magnificent.
to expand, i.e. be great or (figuratively) magnificent BDB: wide Usage: (become) glorious, honourable.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Participle active Exod 15:6 · Exod 15:11 2×
Word Origins
אָדַר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain