Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8389
תֹּאַר
toarto'-ar
appearance
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tôʼar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8389is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8389
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
The King James renders it: [phrase] beautiful, [idiom] comely, countenance, [phrase] fair, [idiom] favoured, form, [idiom] goodly, [idiom] resemble, visage.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
toar is rendered "appearance". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Four of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 29:17Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Genesis 29:17תֹּ֖אַר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's fifteen uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- form7
- appearance3
- and form his1
- appearance his1
- appearance their1
- like appearance of1
- shape1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תֹּ֑אַר3
- תֹּ֙אַר֙2
- וְתֹאֲר֖וֹ1
- כְּתֹ֖אַר1
- תֹ֖אַר1
- תֹ֥אַר1
- תֹ֔אַר1
- תֹּ֖אַר1
- תֹּ֛אַר1
- תֹּ֔אַר1
- תָּאֳר֔וֹ1
- תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular11HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Genesis
four uses
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- תֹּ֖אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
- תֹ֖אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
- תֹּ֑אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
- תֹּ֛אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
Deuteronomy
one use
if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
- תֹּ֑אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: appearance
Judges
one use
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
- כְּתֹ֖אַרketoarpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like appearance of
1 Samuel
three uses
One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
- תֹּ֑אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
- תֹּ֔אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: appearance
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
- תָּאֳר֔וֹtooronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: appearance his
1 Kings
one use
(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- תֹּ֙אַר֙toarnoun · masculine singulartagged: appearance
Esther
one use
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
- תֹּ֙אַר֙toarnoun · masculine singulartagged: shape
Isaiah
two uses
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
- וְתֹאֲר֖וֹvetoaroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and form his
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- תֹ֥אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
Jeremiah
one use
The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
- תֹ֔אַרtoarnoun · masculine singulartagged: form
Lamentations
one use
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
- תָּֽאֳרָ֔םtooramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: appearance their
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.