Clear; Clearness
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
klēr , klēr´nes ( בּר , bar ; διαβλέπω , diablépō ): 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" ( Song of Solomon 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 hágnos , 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.
