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Honor

נְדִיבָהStrong’s H5082

nedivah (ne-di-vah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Nedivah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dignity my”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.”
Job 30:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. Nobility, nobleness, noble deedsnobility (of rank), honour · noble things
How it's translated
  • dignity my 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Job 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    נְדִיבָה nedivah · honor

    1) nobility, nobleness, noble deeds 1a) nobility (of rank), honour 1b) noble things

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    HON'OR, noun

    on'or. [Latin honor honos.]

    1. The esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation.
    2. A testimony of esteem; any expression of respect or of high estimation by words or actions; as the honors of war; military honors; funeral honors; civil honors.
    3. Dignity; exalted rank or place; distinction.“I have given thee riches and honor” 1 Kings 3:13“Thou art clothed with honor and majesty” Psalms 104:1
    4. Reverence; veneration; or any act by which reverence and submission are expressed, as worship paid to the Supreme Being.
    All definitions and other forms of “honor”
    1. Reputation; good name; as, his honor is unsullied.
    2. True nobleness of mind; magnanimity; dignified respect for character, springing from probity, principle or moral rectitude; a distinguishing trait in the character of good men.
    3. An assumed appearance of nobleness; scorn of meanness, springing from the fear of reproach, without regard to principle; as, shall I violate my trust? Forbid it, honor
    4. Any particular virtue much valued; as bravery in men, and chastity in females.
    5. Dignity of mien; noble appearance.
    6. That which honors; he or that which confers dignity; as, the chancellor is an honor to his profession.
    7. Privileges of rank or birth; in the plural.
    8. Civilities paid.
    9. That which adorns; ornament; decoration.
    10. A noble kind of seignory or lordship, held of the king in capite.

    HON'OR, verb intransitive

    on'or. [Latin honoro.]

    1. To revere; to respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties to.
    2. To reverence; to manifest the highest veneration for, in words and actions; to entertain the most exalted thoughts of; to worship; to adore.
    3. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to elevate in rank or station; to exalt.“Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor” Esther 6:9
    4. To glorify; to render illustrious.“I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host” Exodus 14:4
    5. To treat with due civility and respect in the ordinary intercourse of life.
    6. In commerce, to accept and pay when due; as, to honor a bill of exchange.

    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.