--- title: תִּפְאֶרֶת — beauty · The Tanakh dictionary description: תִּפְאֶרֶת (8597), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 51 times: beauty. BDB 1906: n.f. beauty, glory. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8597.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-3.md)‎ / תִּפְאֶרֶת‎ # תִּפְאֶרֶת «תִּפְאֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beauty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 51 times · **Key:** 8597 · **BDB:** תִּפְאָרָה ### Glosses splendor (8); honor (7); the.splendor (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) beauty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8597/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. beauty, glory [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8597/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. beauty, glory;—תּ׳ Is 28:5 Je 48:17; elsewhere abs. and cstr. תִּפְאֶרֶת Is 3:18 + 20 times; תִּפְאָ֑רֶת Pr 28:12 + 6 times; sf. תִּפְאַרְתִּי Is 46:13 + 20 times sf.;— beauty, finery Is 3:18; of garments 52:1; jewels Ez 16:17, 39; 23:26, cf. 2 Ch 3:6; flock Je 13:20; a man Is 44:13; city of Samaria 28:1, 4; diadem v 5. glory: of rank: apparel of h. p. Ex 28:2, 40 (P); עֲטֶרֶת ת׳ crown of glory Pr 4:9; 16:31 Is 62:3 Je 13:18 Ez 16:12; 23:42; greatness of monarch Est 1:4; house of David and inhabitants of Jerus. Zc 12:7(×2). of renown לְשֵׁם ולת׳ Dt 26:19 1 Ch 22:5 Je 13:11; 33:9. attribute of י׳ ψ 71:8 1 Ch 29:11; שֵׁם ת׳ Is 63:14 1 Ch 29:13; ת׳ עֹז ψ 89:18; זְרוֹעַ ת׳ Is 63:12; hence ת׳ in י׳’s sanctuary ψ 96:6, בֵּית תִּפְאַרְתִּי Is 60:7 cf. 63:15 (of heavenly temple), 64:10; ת׳ as י׳’s gift to Isr. 46:13 cf. 60:19 (also ψ 89:18 supr.); of future fruit of land 4:2; design. of ark of י׳ ψ 78:61. honour of nation Isr. La 2:1. glorying, boasting, of individ., Is 20:5 Pr 17:6; 19:11; 20:29; 28:12; warrior Ju 4:9; monarchs Is 10:12; nations Is 13:19 Ez 24:25, מַקֵּל ת׳ rod (sceptre) of glorying Je 48:17 (others 1). Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «תִּפְאֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8597/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 16:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/) עֲטֶ֣רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת שֵׂיבָ֑ה בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה תִּמָּצֵֽא׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].a.crown of.splendor gray.hair in.\[the\] way of.righteousness it.is.found *JPS 1917:* The hoary head is a crown of glory, it is found in the way of righteousness. [Proverbs 20:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.29/) תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת בַּחוּרִ֣ים כֹּחָ֑ם וַהֲדַ֖ר זְקֵנִ֣ים שֵׂיבָֽה׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].glory of.young.men strength \[is\].their and.\[the\] splendor of.old.\[people\] \[is\].gray.hair *JPS 1917:* The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head. - ← previous: [תֹּף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b9_5bc_5e3.md) - next →: [תַּפּוּחַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8598.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-3.md)