What does הוֹד (hod) mean in the Bible?
הוֹד (hod): Visual splendor and majesty that commands respect; often God's radiant glory or a monarch's impressive appearance.
Grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)
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הוֹד (hod): Visual splendor and majesty that commands respect; often God's radiant glory or a monarch's impressive appearance.
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הוֹד (hod): Visual splendor and majesty that commands respect; often God's radiant glory or a monarch's impressive appearance.
The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Splendor (5), His splendor (2), majesty (2), [some of] your authority (1), and his splendor (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 27:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (8), 1 Chronicles (3), Job (3), Daniel (2).
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
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Hebrew word. Visual splendor and majesty that commands respect; often God's radiant glory or a monarch's impressive appearance.
Visual splendor and majesty that commands respect; often God's radiant glory or a monarch's impressive appearance.
grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance) BDB: splendour Usage: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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Immoral choices often result in the loss of personal and social honor. Proverbs 5:7-14
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
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