Lexicon :: Strong's H4758 - mar'ê

Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance.

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud [of God’s presence] covered the tabernacle, that is, the tent of the Testimony; and in the evening it was over the tabernacle, appearing like [a pillar of] fire until the morning.

“With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly],

Clearly and openly and not in riddles;

And he beholds the form of the LORD.

Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

When they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, an altar that was great to behold.

One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] [fn]roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.

“The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;

A form was before my eyes;

There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:

“[fn]Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false;

Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?

Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant in the days of your young manhood. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desires of your eyes, but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

(The Bridegroom)

“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,

In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,

Let me see your face,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,

And your face is lovely.”

“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster

Set upon pedestals of fine gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

Stately and choice as the cedars.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD,

And He will not judge by what His eyes see,

Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;

Just as many were astonished and appalled at you, My people,

So His appearance was marred more than any man

And His form [marred] more than the sons of men.

For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant),

And like a root out of dry ground;

He has no stately form or majestic splendor

That we would look at Him,

Nor [handsome] appearance that we would [fn]be attracted to Him.