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To pale

חָוַרStrong’s H2357

chavar (cha-var)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chavar is the Hebrew word usually translated “grow pale”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.”
Isaiah 29:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to be white, grow white, grow pale
How it's translated
  • they will grow pale 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָוַר chavar · to pale

    (Qal) to be white, grow white, grow pale

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “pale” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PALE, adjective

    [Latin palleo, pallidus.]

    1. White or whitish; wan; deficient in color; not ruddy or fresh of color; as a pale face or skin; pale cheeks.
    2. Not bright; not shining; of a faint luster; dim; as the pale light of the moon.
    All definitions and other forms of “pale”

      PALE, verb transitive

      To make pale

        PALE, noun

        [Latin palus; coinciding with Eng. pole, as well as pale It has the elements of Latin pala, a spade or shovel.]

        1. A narrow board pointed or sharpened at one end, used in fencing or inclosing.
        2. A pointed stake; hence to empale, which see.
        3. An inclosure; properly, that which incloses, like fence, limit; hence, the space inclosed.
        4. District; limited territory.
        5. In heraldry, an ordinary, consisting of two perpendicular lines drawn from the top to the base of the escutcheon, and containing the third middle part of the field.

        PALE, verb transitive

        To inclose with pales or stakes.

        1. To inclose; to encompass.

        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.