Bible Encyclopedia: Hoar

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HOAR; HOARY

hor, hor'-i.

See COLOR (8); HAIR.

Strong's Hebrew

7872. sebah -- hoary head, old age
... be gray grey hoar, old age. Feminine of seyb; old age -- (be) gray (grey hoar,-y)
hairs (head,-ed), old age. see HEBREW seyb. 7871, 7872. sebah. 7873 . ...
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3713. kphowr -- a bowl
... From kaphar; properly, a cover, ie (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet);
also white frost (as covering the ground) -- bason, hoar(-y) frost. ...
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Library

What May Hinder a Man in this Inebriation
... And in this season, that is to say, in this state, hoar-frost and fog often harm
such men; for it is just in the middle of May according to the course of the ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter xx what may hinder.htm

The God of the Aged
... "Even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you. ... "Even to
your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you.". ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/the god of the aged.htm

A New Year's Benediction
... hath said"immutable truth and eternal fidelity have said; God that made heaven and
earth, and that changeth not, though nations melt like the hoar frost of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 60 1914/a new years benediction.htm

Following Christ
... birth. Our mother candled us upon her knee, but he has borne us all the days
of old, and even to hoar hairs will he carry his people. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/following christ.htm

Knox Little -- Thirst Satisfied
... He has filled many parochial cures, and in 1881 was appointed canon of Worcester,
and sub-dean in 1902. He also holds the vicarage of Hoar Cross (1885). ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/knox little thirst satisfied.htm

Morning
... Who can tell the sadness. Of a day mis-spent? Day by day declineth,. Time is getting
hoar; Soon yon sun that shineth. Sets for evermore. Ah, the City glorious,. ...
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The Phoenix
... violent hunger. No tempest rages there, nor dreadful violence of the wind;
nor does the hoar-frost cover the earth with cold dew. No ...
/.../lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/the phoenix.htm

"As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be"
... Much of God's marvellous miracles of hoar frost must have been hidden from us, if
it had not been for the cold chill of winter, which, when it robs us of one ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/as thy days so shall.htm

April 26, 1891
... His Love. Dearest sister, the shadows will soon disappear, the rays of the
Eternal Sun will thaw the hoar frost of winter. . . . A ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/xi april 26 1891.htm

The Cloven Rock
... A stream of the rain of Heaven. And the Hand that reft with the thunder dread.
The Rock of the Ages hoar,. Down to my lips the waters led,. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

2. (a.) Gray or white with age; hoary.

3. (a.) Musty; moldy; stale.

4. (n.) Hoariness; antiquity.

5. (v. t.) To become moldy or musty.

Thesaurus

Hoar (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost;
hoar cliffs. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HOAR; HOARY. ...
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Hoar-frost (3 Occurrences)
Hoar-frost. Hoarfrost, Hoar-frost. Hoary . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HOAR-FROST; HOARY. hor'-frost. See FROST. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Frost (9 Occurrences)
... days. "Hoar frost" (Hebrews kephor, so called from its covering the ground)
is mentioned in Exodus 16:14; Job 38:29; Psalm 147:16. ...
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Hoary (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) White or whitish. 2. (a.) White or gray with age;
hoar; as, hoary hairs. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HOAR; HOARY. ...
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Hoarfrost (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HOAR-FROST; HOARY. hor'-frost. ... Job 38:29 Out of
whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? ...
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Colors (12 Occurrences)
... color words occur in the King James Version or Revised Version: (1) bay, (2) black,
(3) blue, (4) brown, (5) crimson, (6) green, (7) grey, (8) hoar, (9) purple ...
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Color (18 Occurrences)
... color words occur in the King James Version or Revised Version: (1) bay, (2) black,
(3) blue, (4) brown, (5) crimson, (6) green, (7) grey, (8) hoar, (9) purple ...
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Ho (15 Occurrences)

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Grave (128 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Kings 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his
hoar head go down to the grave in peace. (KJV JPS WBS NIV). ...
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Oughtest (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest
what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to ...
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Bible Concordance

Hoar (5 Occurrences)

Exodus 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Kings 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Kings 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Hoar

Related Terms

Hoar-frost (3 Occurrences)

Frost (9 Occurrences)

Hoary (10 Occurrences)

Hoarfrost (3 Occurrences)

Colors (12 Occurrences)

Color (18 Occurrences)

Ho (15 Occurrences)

Grave (128 Occurrences)

Oughtest (4 Occurrences)