White
חִוָּרStrong’s H2358chivvar (chiv-var)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chivvar is the Aramaic word usually translated “white”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.”
Meaning
- White
How it's translated
- white 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
חִוָּר chivvar · white
white
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “white” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHITE, adjective
[G.]
- Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin.
- Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as white with fear.
- Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; as white robed innocence.
- Gray; as white hair; a venerable man, white with age.
All definitions
- Pure; unblemished.
- In a scriptural sense, purified from sin; sanctified. Psalms 51:7
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.