Be glorious
אָדַרStrong’s H0142adar (a-dar)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Adar is the Hebrew word usually translated “glorious” and “so he may make glorious”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.”
Meaning
- To be great, be majestic, wide, noble (poetic)(Niphal) majestic, glorious (participle) · (Hiphil) make glorious
How it's translated
- glorious 2
- so he may make glorious 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
אָדַר adar · be glorious
1) to be great, be majestic, wide, noble (poetic) 1a) (Niphal) majestic, glorious (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) make glorious
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “glorious” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GLO'RIOUS, adjective
[Latin gloriosus. See Glory.]
- Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; resplendent in majesty and divine attributes; applied to God. Exodus 15:11
- Noble; excellent; renowned; celebrated; illustrious; very honorable; applied to men, their achievements, titles, etc.
- Boastful; self-exulting; haughty; ostentatious.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.