Lexical Definition

‎הוֹד‎ hôwd (hode) splendor ^H:N-M
from an unused root

beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.

• grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)

1) splendour, majesty, vigour

See Greek: ἁγιωσύνη · ἀρέτη · δόξα · ζωή · ἰσχύς · τιμή · Ἐλιούδ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎הוֺד‎ noun masculine^{Job 37:22} splendour, majesty, vigour (chiefly in poetry) (Late Hebrew id.) — ‎׳‎‎ה‎ absolute Job 37:22 + 8 t. (‎׳‎‎הַה‎ 1Chr 29:11); construct Isa 30:30 + 3 t.; suffix ‎הוֺדִי‎ Dan 10:8 ‎הוֺדְךָ‎ Num 27:20 + 2 t.; ‎הוֺדֶ֑ךָ‎ Prov 5:9; Ps 145:4 ‎הוֺדוֺ‎ Hos 14:7* + 3 t.; ‎הֹדֹה‎ Jer 22:18 —

1. splendour, majesty, of king ‎הוֺדְךָ וַהֲדָרֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 45:4* ‎הוֺד וְהָדָר תְּשַׁוֶּה עָלָיו‎ Ps 21:6*, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ (|| ‎גָּדוֺל כְּבוֺדוֺ‎ ‎בִּישׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ‎); foretold of the ‎צֶמַח‎ Zech 6:13 ‎וְהוּאיִֿשָּׂא‎ ‎הוֺד וְיָשַׁב וּמָשַׁל עַלכִּֿסְאוֺ‎; compare ‎וַיִּתֵּן עָלָיו הוֺד מַלְכוּת‎ 1Chr 29:25 (‎׳‎‎י‎ confers on Solomon); ‎׳‎‎וְלֹא ָ˜נתְנוּ עָלָיו ה‎ ‎מַלְכוּת‎ Dan 11:21 (of usurper); see also ‎וְהוֺי הֹדֹה‎ Jer 22:18 in lament for king. Hence also

2. divine splendour, majesty, light & glory which God wears as king: ‎הוֺד וְהָדָר לָבָ֑שְׁתָּ‎ Ps 104:1 (7 t. joined with ‎הָדָר‎); compare Job 40:10 where ‎׳‎‎י‎ addresses Job in irony: ‎עַלאֱֿלוֺהַּ נוֺרָא הוֺד‎ Job 37:22 ‎וְהָדָר לְפָנָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Ps 96:6 = 1Chr 16:26 also ‎הַגְּדֻלָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְהַגְּבוּרָה וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת וְהַנֵּצַח וְהַה‎ 1Chr 29:11 see further ‎כִּסָּה שָׁמַיִם הוֺדוֺ‎ Hab 3:3 (|| ‎וּתְהִלָּתוֺ מָֽלְאָה הָאָ֑רֶץ‎); ‎אֲשֶׁרתְּֿנָה הוֺדְךָ עַלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם‎ Ps 8:2* (|| ‎בְּכָלהָֿאָ֑רֶץ מָהאַֿדִּיר שִׁמְךָ‎); also ‎הוֺדוֺ עַלאֶֿרֶץ וְשָׁמָ֑יִם‎ Ps 148:13 (|| ‎נִשְׁגָּב שְׁמוֺ לְבַדּוֺ‎); ‎הֲדַר כְּבוֺד הוֺדֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 145:4 of Yahweh's actions ‎הוֺד וְהָדָר פָּעֳלוֺ‎ Ps 111:3 of his voice ‎אֶתהֿוֺד קוֺלוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎זְהִשְׁמִיעַ י‎ Isa 30:30.

3. a. splendour of Israel under divine blessing ‎וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הוֺדוֺ‎ Hos 14:7*.
b. majesty, dignity, authority of Moses Num 27:20 (P; only here in Hexateuch) ‎וְנָתַתָּ‎ ‎מֵהוֺדְךָ עָלָיו‎. Also,
c. manly vigour ‎לַאֲחֵרִים הוֺדֶ֑ךָ פֶּןתִּֿתֵּן‎ Prov 5:9, in warning against licentiousness; as displayed in outward appearance ‎וְהוֺדִי נֶהְפַּךְ עָלַי לְמַשְׁחִית‎ Dan 10:8 (|| ‎כֹּחַ‎).

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

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