International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CLEAR; CLEARNESSkler, kler'-nes (bar; diablepo): Equivalent of several Hebrew and Greek words for bright, unclouded, shining without obstruction, distinct, brilliant; "clearer than the noon-day" (Job 11:17): "clear as the sun" (Songs 6:10); "clear shining after rain" (2 Samuel 23:4); "clear heat in sunshine" (Isaiah 18:4); "clear as crystal" (Revelation 21:11). Adverb, "clearly," for distinctly (Matthew 7:5 Mark 8:25 Romans 1:20). Noun, "clearness," for brilliancy, in Exodus 24:10, "as the very heaven for clearness."
From this physical, it is applied, in a moral sense, to character, as spotless and free from guilt, or charge, or obligation "from oath" (Genesis 24:8); "from transgression" (Psalm 19:13). Hence, the verb "to clear" means juridically to declare or prove innocent, to vindicate (Genesis 44:16 Exodus 34:7 Numbers 14:18; compare hagnos, 2 Corinthians 7:11, the Revised Version (British and American) "pure") "Be clear when thou judgest" (Psalm 51:4) refers to the proof and vindication of the righteousness of God.
H. E. Jacobs
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) The quality or state of being clear.
Strong's Hebrew
2892b. tohar -- clearness, luster... clearness, luster. Transliteration: tohar Short Definition: splendor. Word Origin
from taher Definition
clearness, luster NASB Word Usage splendor (1).
... /hebrew/2892b.htm - 5k 8235. shiphrah -- fairness, clearness (of sky)
... << 8234, 8235. shiphrah. 8236 >>. fairness, clearness (of sky). Transliteration:
shiphrah Phonetic Spelling: (shif-raw') Short Definition: cleared. ...
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2892. tohar -- purity, purifying
... << 2891, 2892. tohar. 2892a >>. purity, purifying. Transliteration: tohar Phonetic
Spelling: (to'-har) Short Definition: clearness. clearness, glory, purifying ...
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6877. tseriach -- perhaps excavation, underground chamber
... high place, hold. From tsarach in the sense of clearness of vision; a citadel --
high place, hold. see HEBREW tsarach. << 6876, 6877. tseriach. 6878 >>. ...
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5356. niqqayon -- innocency
... cleanness, innocence. Or niqqayon {nik-kaw-yone'}; from naqah; clearness (literally
or figuratively) -- cleanness, innocency. see HEBREW naqah. << 5355b, 5356. ...
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