Strong’s H1935 · Hebrew

הוֹד
hôwd
hode

Definition

grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)

Etymology

from an unused root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • beauty
  • comeliness
  • excellency
  • glorious
  • glory
  • goodly
  • honour
  • majesty

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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