Bible dictionaries

Hoar

What Bible dictionaries say about “Hoar”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Hoar - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HOAR, a.

1. White; as hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

2. Gray; white with age; hoary; as a matron grave and hoar.

HOAR, n. Hoariness; antiquity.

HOAR, v.i. To become moldy or musty. [Little used.]

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

Hoary - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HOARY, n. [See Hoar.] White or whitish; as the hoary willows.

1. White or gray with age; as hoary hairs; a hoary head.

Reverence the hoary head.

2. Moldy; mossy, or covered with a white pubescence.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

hor'-frost.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

hor, hor'-i.

See COLOR (8); HAIR.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2