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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZOHAR

zo'-har (tsochar, meaning uncertain):

(1) Father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8; Genesis 25:9).

(2) "Son" of Simeon (Genesis 46:10 Exodus 6:15) = "Zerah" of Numbers 26:13 1 Chronicles 4:24.

See ZERAH, 4.

(3) In 1 Chronicles 4:7, where the Qere is "and tsochar" for the Kethibh is yitschar, the Revised Version (British and American) "Izhar," the King James Version wrongly "Jezoar."

Strong's Hebrew

2096. zohar -- shining, brightness
... 2095, 2096. zohar. 2097 . shining, brightness. Transliteration: zohar Phonetic
Spelling: (zo'-har) Short Definition: brightness. ... 2095, 2096. zohar. 2097 ...
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6714. Tsochar -- a Hittite, also two Israelites
... Tsochar. 6715 . a Hittite, also two Israelites. Transliteration: Tsochar Phonetic
Spelling: (tso'-khar) Short Definition: Zohar. ... NASB Word Usage Zohar (4). Zohar ...
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Library

Chapter xlvi
... and Carmi. And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin
and Zohar and Shaul, the son of the Canaanitish woman. And ...
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Appendix ix. List of Old Testament Passages Messianically Applied ...
... The Rabbinic works from which quotations have been made are: the Targumim, the two
Talmuds, and the most ancient Midrashim, but neither the Zohar (as the date ...
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In that Flesh in which the Saints have Suffered So Many ...
... might bury her, he declined it as a gift, but bought the burying-place (giving for
it four hundred talents of silver) from Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite. ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxxii in that flesh in.htm

The Book of Enoch
... That the book was also in the hands of the Jews of medieval times has been proved
by references in the Zohar, a kind of philosophical commentary upon the law ...
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Appendix D.
... that Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, the son of Zohar, the field and the cave
of Machpelah: and says that Machpelah was before Mamre, otherwise called ...
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Chapter xxv
... And his sons, Isaac and Ishmael, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field
of Ephron, the son of Zohar, the Hittite, which was over against Mamre, the ...
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Letter Lvii. To Pammachius on the Best Method of Translating.
... father of Sychem." [1711] In Genesis this passage is quite differently given, for
it is Abraham that buys of Ephron the Hittite, the son of Zohar, near Hebron ...
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Appendix v. Rabbinic Theology and Literature
... in the Book Yetsirah are further carried out and receive their fullest (often most
remarkable) development and application in thebook Zohar (Splendour' - the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix v rabbinic theology and.htm

Chapter xxiii
... with them saying: If it be agreeable to you that my dead be buried out of my sight,
then hear me and intercede for me with Ephron, the son of Zohar, that he ...
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Ancestors of the Blessed virgin
... this communication, as this book was being prepared for the press, the writer learnt
from a language expert that the cabalistic book Zohar contains several ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/i ancestors of the blessed.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Zohar

white; bright; dryness

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zohar

(light).

Father of Ephron the Hittite. (Genesis 23:8; 25:9) (B.C. before 1860.)
One of the sons of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15) called ZARAH, OR ZERAH, ZERAH in (1 Chronicles 4:24)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Zohar

A Hittie, Genesis 23:8. Also a son of Simeon, Genesis 38:30, and a descendant of Judah, 1 Chronicles 4:7.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Brightness.

(1.) The father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8).

(2.) One of the sons of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

Thesaurus

Zohar (5 Occurrences)
... 13th century. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZOHAR. zo'-har ... wrongly "Jezoar.".
Multi-Version Concordance Zohar (5 Occurrences). Genesis 23 ...
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Ephron (13 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Fawn-like. (1.) The son of Zohar a Hittite, the owner
of the field and cave of Machpelah (qv), which Abraham bought for 400 shekels ...
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Zerah (22 Occurrences)
... In Numbers 26:13 = "Zohar" of Genesis 46:10 Exodus 6:15. See ZOHAR, (2). (5) Cushite
king (2 Chronicles 14:9). See the next article David Francis Roberts. ...
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Ohad (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ohad (2 Occurrences). Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...
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Jachin (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jachin (8 Occurrences). Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...
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Jemu'el (2 Occurrences)
... Jemu'el (2 Occurrences). Genesis 46:10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin,
and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. ...
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Jamin (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jamin (6 Occurrences). Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...
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Jakin (8 Occurrences)
... Jakin (8 Occurrences). Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin,
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. (See NIV). ...
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Jemuel (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jemuel (2 Occurrences). Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...
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Canaanitess (4 Occurrences)
... YLT). Genesis 46:10 And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess. (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Zohar (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 23:8 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:9 Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 6:15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 4:7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
(See JPS DBY YLT NIV)

Subtopics

Zohar

Zohar: Father of Ephron

Zohar: Son of Simeon

Related Terms

Ephron (13 Occurrences)

Zerah (22 Occurrences)

Ohad (2 Occurrences)

Jachin (8 Occurrences)

Jemu'el (2 Occurrences)

Jamin (6 Occurrences)