Splendor
הוֹדStrong’s H1935hod
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hod is the Hebrew word usually translated “splendor”, “majesty of” and “splendor your”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.”
Meaning
- Splendour, majesty, vigour
How it's translated
- splendor 5
- majesty of 3
- splendor your 3
- splendor his 3
- majesty 2
- some of majesty your 1
- and the majesty 1
- and glory 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 8
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Job 3
- Daniel 2
- Zechariah 2
- Numbers 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:21In contextAnd in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
- Zechariah 6:13In contextEven he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- Zechariah 10:3In contextMine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
- Numbers 27:20And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
- 1 Chronicles 16:27Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Hebrew dictionary
הוֹד hod · splendor
splendour, majesty, vigour
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “splendor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPLENDOR, noun
[Latin See Plant and Planet.]
- Great brightness; brilliant luster; as the splendor of the sun.
- Great show of richness and elegance; magnificence; as the splendor of equipage or of royal robes.
- Pomp; parade; as the splendor of a procession or of ceremonies.
- Brilliance; eminence; as the splendor of a victory.
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.