What does תֹּאַר (tōʾar) mean in the Bible?
תֹּאַר (tōʾar): Visible form or appearance; the external figure by which someone is recognized or judged aesthetically.
Hebrew · H8389
תֹּאַר
Outline , i.e. figure or appearance
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תֹּאַר H8389
Pronunciation tōʾar
What does תֹּאַר (tōʾar) mean in the Bible?
תֹּאַר (tōʾar): Visible form or appearance; the external figure by which someone is recognized or judged aesthetically.
Full entry for תֹּאַר (H8389) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8389?
The BSB source-word alignment has 15 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (6), [stately] form (1), and handsome (1), and His form (1), But now their appearance (1).
Where does תֹּאַר (tōʾar) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 29:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (4), 1 Samuel (3), Isaiah (2), 1 Kings (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 . . . 6× Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:18, Deuteronomy 21:11
[stately] form 1× Isaiah 53:2
and handsome 1× 1 Samuel 16:18
and His form 1× Isaiah 52:14
But now their appearance 1× Lamentations 4:8
does he look like? 1× 1 Samuel 28:14
in form 1× Esther 2:7
resembling 1× Judges 8:18
ugly 1× Genesis 41:19
with well-formed 1× Jeremiah 11:16
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 29:17 תֹּ֖אַר to . . . Noun - masculine singular Genesis 39:6 תֹ֖אַר to . . . Noun - masculine singular Genesis 41:18 תֹּ֑אַר to . . . Noun - masculine singular Genesis 41:19 תֹּ֛אַר to ugly Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 21:11 תֹּ֑אַר to . . . Noun - masculine singular Judges 8:18 כְּתֹ֖אַר to resembling Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1 Samuel 16:18 תֹּ֑אַר to and handsome Noun - masculine singular 1 Samuel 25:3 תֹּ֔אַר to . . . Noun - masculine singular 1 Samuel 28:14 תָּאֳר֔וֹ to does he look like? Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1 Kings 1:6 תֹּ֙אַר֙ to . . . Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 29:17
Aligned rows 15
Books represented 9
Genesis 4 Deuteronomy 1 Judges 1 1 Samuel 3 1 Kings 1 Esther 1 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 1 Lamentations 1
Source forms
תֹּ֑אַר 3x tō·’ar Genesis 41:18, Deuteronomy 21:11, 1 Samuel 16:18
תֹּ֙אַר֙ 2x tō·’ar 1 Kings 1:6, Esther 2:7
וְתֹאֲר֖וֹ 1x wə·ṯō·’ă·rōw Isaiah 52:14
כְּתֹ֖אַר 1x kə·ṯō·’ar Judges 8:18
תֹ֖אַר 1x ṯō·’ar Genesis 39:6
תֹ֥אַר 1x ṯō·’ar Isaiah 53:2
תֹ֔אַר 1x ṯō·’ar Jeremiah 11:16
תֹּ֖אַר 1x tō·’ar Genesis 29:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 11x Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:19
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 52:14
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Lamentations 4:8
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x 1 Samuel 28:14
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Judges 8:18
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Visible form or appearance; the external figure by which someone is recognized or judged aesthetically.
Source Gloss
outline , i.e. figure or appearance
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Visible form or appearance; the external figure by which someone is recognized or judged aesthetically.
outline, i.e. figure or appearance BDB: outline Usage: beautiful, × comely, countenance, fair, × favoured, form, × goodly, × resemble, visage.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
תֹּאַר is built from this root:
תָּאַר H8388
Part of These Phrases
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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