Usually translated as
form, goodly, beautiful, comely, countenance, fair, visage, favoured, resemble
Occurrences
Tôʼar occurs 13 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (1), Esther (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1)
- Genesis 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful (תֹּ֖אַר) 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 (תֹ֖אַר) person, and well favoured.
- Deuteronomy 21:11 — And seest among the captives a beautiful (תֹּ֑אַר) 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 (כְּתֹ֖אַר) the children of a king.
- 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 man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely (תֹּ֑אַר) person, and the LORD is with him.
- 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 (תֹּ֔אַר): but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- 1 Samuel 28:14 — And he said unto her, What form (תָּאֳר֔וֹ) is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
- 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 (תֹּ֙אַר֙) 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 (תֹּ֙אַר֙) and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
- Isaiah 52:14 — As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form (וְתֹאֲר֖וֹ) 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 (תֹ֥אַר) nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- Jeremiah 11:16 — The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly (תֹ֔אַר) fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
- Lamentations 4:8 — Their visage (תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם) 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.