Bible word study

Paar (Strong’s H6286): Meaning in the Bible

Paar (פָּאַר) is the Hebrew word numbered H6286 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree. In the King James Bible it is translated beautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory.

• Original wordפָּאַר
• Transliterationpâʼar
• Pronunciationpaw-ar'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH6286
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root; also denominative from H6288,

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Paar appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Paar (H6286) stands behind 14 English renderings in 14 verses across 6 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Isaiah (9), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1).

How the King James Bible renders Paar, by count

• glorified6 of 14 (43 percent)
• beautify3 of 14 (21 percent)
• boast1 of 14 (7 percent)
• boughs1 of 14 (7 percent)
• glorify1 of 14 (7 percent)
• glory1 of 14 (7 percent)

Three places to read Paar

• Exodus 8:9 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?
• Psalms 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
• Isaiah 60:7 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.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Paar in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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