Strong's Lexicon

H2096

H2096 — זוֹהַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewzoharnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 531a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2096
Word:זוֹהַר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2094
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:zohar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zo'-har
Meaning:1. brilliancy
KJV Renderings:brightness.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2298

זֹ֫הַר noun [masculine] shining, brightness (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1423], Late Hebrew זְהוֺר, compare Aramaic זִיהֲרָא); — absolute Ezek 8:2 ׳ כְּמַרְאֵה ז like an appearance of shining (explained, vb, as resembling amber, חַשְׁמַל compare Ezek 1:27); also construct Dan 12:3 see foregoing.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זהר (zoh’-har)

Ezekiel 8:2

KJV: Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
EHCC: as the appearance of brightness, .

Daniel 12:3

KJV: And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.wise: or, teachers
EHCC: shine as the riphinee of te firmament
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