פָּאַר
pa.ar
“to beautify”
Definition
to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
a primitive root; also denominative from H6288 (פְּאֹרָה),
- to glorify, beautify, adorn 1a) (Piel) to glorify, beautify 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to glorify oneself 1b2) to get glory to oneself, be glorified
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
פָּאַר appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it?Does a saw boast over him who saws with it?It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it,or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,in whom I will display My glory.”
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;the rams of Nebaioth will serve youand go up on My altar with acceptance;I will adorn My glorious house.
The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary,and I will glorify the place of My feet.
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