Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to beautify
Usage: 1) to glorify, beautify, adorn 1a) (Piel) to glorify, beautify 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to glorify oneself 1b2) to get glory to oneself, be glorified
Paar means “gleam” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6286 פָּאַר (pa'ar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pa'ar (paw-ar') v. 1. to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish 2. (figuratively) to boast It has 14 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include boast, make, and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
pa'ar (paw-ar') v. 1. to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish 2. (figuratively) to boast 3. also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself 4. denominative from H6288, to shake a tree [a primitive root] KJV: beautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory, vaunt self. See also: H6288
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to beautify
Usage: 1) to glorify, beautify, adorn 1a) (Piel) to glorify, beautify 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to glorify oneself 1b2) to get glory to oneself, be glorified
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pa'ar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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14 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6286.
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6286, grouped by book.
Paar (Strong's H6286) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "gleam". pa'ar (paw-ar') v. 1. to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish 2. (figuratively) to boast
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's H6286 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6286 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as boast, make, and also. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.