Lexical Definition

‎הָדַר‎ hâdar (haw-dar') to honor ^H:V
a primitive root

countenance, crooked place, glorious, honour, put forth.

• to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive)
• by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud

1) 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

See Greek: δοξάζω · εὐλογέω · θαυμάζω · τιμάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: הֲדַר
‎הָדַר‎ verb swell (?),honour, adorn, (Late Hebrew ‎הִדֵּר‎ adorn; Aramaic ‎הַדַּר‎ Pa`el adorn, honor; perhaps all denominative; compare Palmyrene proper name, feminine ‎הדירת‎ ornata, honorata Vog^{No. 55}; Arabic be of no account; but also ferbuit (vinum) & inflatus, tumens (venter)) —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎וְהָדַרְתָּ֫‎ Lev 19:32 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּהְדַּר‎ Exod 23:3; Lev 19:15 Passive participle ‎הָדוּר‎ Isa 63:1, plural‎הֲדוּרִים‎ Isa 45:2 (possibly ‎הררים‎ ᵐ5 ὄρη, compare Di, but see ‎הר‎) —

1. swell, only passive participle plural Isa 45:2 (si vera lectio) in neuter sense, of hills, swelling places, swells of land (made level before Cyrus).

2. honour, pay honour to, followed by accusative; in good sense ‎וְהָדַרְתָּ פְּנֵי זָקֵן‎ Lev 19:32 (H) and thou shalt honour the face of an old man (|| ‎מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם‎); in bad sense (of partiality, favouritism) ‎לֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֺל‎ Lev 19:15 (H) (|| ‎לֹא תִשָּׂא פְנֵידָֿל‎); compare ‎וְדַל לֹא תֶּהְדַּר בְּרִיבוֺ‎ Exod 23:3 (J E; either read ‎גָּדֹל‎ for ‎ודל‎, — ‎ו‎ not needed at beginning of see, — so Kn SS and others, yet ᵐ5 πένητα; — or suppose balancing clause, as Lev 19:15, to have fallen out, compare Di).

3. adorn, only passive participle adorned, made splendid ‎הָדוֺר בִּלְבוּשׁוֺ‎ Isa 63:1. Niph`al Perfect ‎נֶהְדָּ֑רוֺ‎ Lam 5:12 were (not) honoured, subject ‎פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים‎. Hithpa`el Imperfect jussive 2 masculine singular ‎תִּתְהַדַּר‎ Prov 25:6 honour oneself, i.e. claim honour.

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