STRONGS NUMBER H1935


Word Summary
hod: splendor, majesty, vigor
Original Word: הוֹד
Transliteration: hod
Phonetic Spelling: (hode)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: splendor, majesty, vigor
Meaning: splendor, majesty, vigor
Strong's Concordance
beauty, comeliness, glorious, glory, goodly, honor, majesty

From an unused root; grandeur (i.e. An imposing form and appearance) -- beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1935. hod

I. הוֺדnoun masculineJob 37:22 splendour, majesty, vigour (chiefly in poetry) (Late Hebrew id.) — ׳ה‎ absolute 37:22 8t. (׳הַה1 Chronicles 29:11); construct Isaiah 30:30 3t.; suffix הוֺדִיDaniel 10:8; הוֺדְךָNumbers 27:20 2t.; הוֺדֶ֑ךָProverbs 5:9; Psalm 145:4; הוֺדוֺHosea 14:7 3t.; הֹדֹהJeremiah 22:18; —

1 splendour, majesty, of king וַהֲדָרֶ֑ךָ הוֺדְךָPsalm 45:4; עָלָיו תְּשַׁוֶּה וְהָדָר הוֺד21:6, subject ׳י‎ ("" בִּישׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ כְּבוֺדוֺ גָּדוֺל‎); foretold of the צֶמַחZechariah 6:13 עַלכִּֿסְאוֺ וּמָשַׁל וְיָשַׁב הוֺד וְהוּאיִֿשָּׂא‎; compare מַלְכוּת הוֺד עָלָיו וַיִּתֵּן1 Chronicles 29:25 (׳י‎ confers on Solomon); מַלְכוּת ה עָלָיו ָנתְנוּ ׳וְלֹאDaniel 11:21 (of usurper); see also הֹדֹה וְהוֺיJeremiah 22:18 in lament for king. Hence also

2 divine splendour, majesty, light & glory which God wears as king: לָבָ֑שְׁתָּ וְהָדָר הוֺדPsalm 104:1 (7 t. joined with הָדָר‎); compare Job 40:10 where ׳י‎ addresses Job in irony: הוֺד נוֺרָא עַלאֱֿלוֺהַּ37:22; ׳ה לְפָנָיו וְהָדָרPsalm 96:6 = 1 Chronicles 16:26; also וְהַה וְהַנֵּצַח וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת ׳וְהַגְּבוּרָה הַגְּדֻלָּה29:11; see further הוֺדוֺ שָׁמַיִם כִּסָּהHabakkuk 3:3 ("" הָאָ֑רֶץ מָֽלְאָה וּתְהִלָּתוֺ‎); עַלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם הוֺדְךָ אֲשֶׁרתְּֿנָהPsalm 8:2 ("" שִׁמְךָ מָהאַֿדִּיר בְּכָלהָֿאָ֑רֶץ‎); also וְשָׁמָ֑יִם עַלאֶֿרֶץ הוֺדוֺ148:13 ("" לְבַדּוֺ שְׁמוֺ נִשְׁגָּב‎); הוֺדֶ֑ךָ כְּבוֺד הֲדַר145:4; of Yahweh's actions מָּעֳלוֺ וְהָדָר הוֺד111:3; of his voice י ׳זְהִשְׁמִיעַ קוֺלוֺ אֶתהֿוֺדIsaiah 30:30.

3. a. splendour of Israel under divine blessing הוֺדוֺ כַזַּיִת וִיהִיHosea 14:7.

b. majesty, dignity, authority of Moses Numbers 27:20 (P; only here in Hexateuch) עָלָיו מֵהוֺדְךָ וְנָתַתָּ‎. Also,

c. manly vigour מֶּןתִּֿתֵּן הוֺדֶ֑ךָ לַאֲחֵרִיםProverbs 5:9, in warning against licentiousness; as displayed in outward appearance לְמַשְׁחִית עָלַי נֶהְמַּךְ וְהוֺדִיDaniel 10:8 ("" כֹּחַ‎).

4 of a horse, majesty, majestic force אֵימָה נַחְרוֺ הוֺדJob 39:20 the majesty of his snorting (majestic snorting, VB) is a terror; also in simile of Yahweh's dealings with Judah, בַּמִּלְחָמָה הוֺדוֺ כְּסוּס אוֺתָם וְשָׂםZechariah 10:3 and he will make them like the horse of his majesty in battle.