תֹּאַר toar
Hebrew word for “appearance” · Strong’s H8389 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
shape, form, outline, figure, appearance
How it is translated
Glosses given for toar in context, with how often each is used:
- form 8
- appearance 5
- like the appearance 1
- shape 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 41 (2), Genesis 29 (1), Genesis 39 (1), Deuteronomy 21 (1), Judges 8 (1), 1 Samuel 16 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1), Esther 2 (1)
Forms
- תאר 11
- כתאר 1
- תארו 1
- ותארו 1
- תארם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with toar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָפֶה yapheh “beautiful” 7
- מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 5
- פָּרָה parah “heifer” 2
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 4
- רָאָה raah “to see” 4
- הָ ha “her” 3
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
- יָדַע yada “to know” 3
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 2
- מְאֹד meod “much” 2
- שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 2
Key verses
The verses using toar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Genesis 39:6 — And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
- Deuteronomy 21:11 — And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
- Judges 8:18 — Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the…
- 1 Samuel 16:18 — Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a…
- 1 Samuel 25:3 — Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was…
- 1 Kings 1:6 — And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
- Esther 2:7 — And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai,…
- Isaiah 52:14 — As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
- Isaiah 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no…
- Jeremiah 11:16 — The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it…
- Lamentations 4:8 — Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.