הָדַר
ha.dar
“to honor”
Definition
to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud
a primitive root;
- to honour, adorn, glorify, be high 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swell 1a1a) swelling (pass participle) 1a2) to honour, pay honour to, show partiality 1a3) to adorn 1a3a) adorned (pass participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be honoured 1c) (Hithpael) to honour oneself, claim honour
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
הָדַר appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
“I will go before youand level the mountains;I will break down the gates of bronzeand cut through the bars of iron.
Who is this coming from Edom,from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments?Who is this robed in splendor,marching in the greatness of His strength?“It is I, proclaiming vindication,mighty to save.”
Princes have been hung up by their hands;elders receive no respect.
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.