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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