הוֹדhôwd
splendour, majesty, vigour
Pronunciation: hode · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1935
Meanings
1. splendour, majesty (Psalms 45:4; Psalms 21:6; Zechariah 6:13)
2. splendour, majesty (Psalms 104:1; Job 40:10; Job 37:22)
3.
a. splendour (Hosea 14:7)
b. majesty, dignity, authority (Numbers 27:20)
c. vigour (Proverbs 5:9; Daniel 10:8)
4. majesty, majestic force (Job 39:20; Zechariah 10:3)
Same root
- ἘλιούδElioúd · G1664God of majesty; Eliud, an Israelite
- אֲבִיהוּדʼĂbîyhûwd · H31Abihud, the name of two Israelites
- אֲחִיהוּדʼĂchîyhûwd · H282Achihud, an Israelite
- אִישְׁהוֹדʼÎyshᵉhôwd · H379Ishod, an Israelite
- הוֹדHôwd · H1936Hod, an Israelite
- הוֹדַוְיָהHôwdavyâh · H1938Hodavjah, the name of three Israelites
- עַמִּיהוּדʻAmmîyhûwd · H5989Ammihud, the name of three Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 27:20 Transfer some of your authority to him so the whole community of Israel will obey him.
- 1 Chronicles 16:27 Honor and majesty surround him; strength and joy fill his dwelling.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
- 1 Chronicles 29:25 And the Lord exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and he gave Solomon greater royal splendor than any king in Israel before him.
- Job 37:22 So also, golden splendor comes from the mountain of God. He is clothed in dazzling splendor.
- Job 39:20 Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).