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)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Zohar
Zohar zo'-har (tsochar, meaning uncertain): ⇒See a list of verses on ZOHAR in the Bible. (1) Father of Ephron the Hittite (Ge 23:8; 25:9). (2) "Son" of Simeon (Ge 46:10; Ex 6:15) = "Zerah" of Nu 26:13; 1Ch 4:24. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. See ZERAH, 4. (3) In 1 Ch 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."
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Zohar
1. Father of Ephron the Hittite, On 23" 25'" [Zdap]. 2. The name of a Simeonite family, Gn 46'" (A 2dap, D ^ia\). Ex 6'" {:^dap) ; called in Nu 26'" and 1 Ch 4-^ Zerah (in former, BA Zdpa ; in latter, B Zdpcs, A Zdpof, Luc. Zdpa). 3. The name of a Judahite family, according to the ^irS of 1 Ch 4' (in^i ' and Zolinr,' which was followed in AV of IGli). The Kahlbh is ins- which in modern edd. of AV appears as ' Jczoar ' (an iiicori'L-ct transliteratiou of "ic^;) and in RV as ' Izliar' (i.e. "v^y). ZOHELETH, THE STONE (n'-ntn [jk 'the ser- pent's stone': B AIOt) toS ZueXtfle;, A rbv \l$ov ToO ZuiAfS). — The spot at which Adonijah prepared a sacrificial feast for all those who supported his claims to the throne of David (1 K 1"). The stone was doubtless a mazzrhd, and marked the site of an old Canaanite sanctuary. In ancient times ' living water ' was regardccl as inhabited by jinn, usually in the form of a serpent or dragon ; rf. ' the dragon's well ' (Neb 2") : hence such water was •This seems more prob. than the siibstitntion of 'Damoaeus* (or 'beyond the Uiver,' which waa 8u^K(^'^te4…
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Zohar
1. Father of Ephron (Gen 23:8; Gen 25:9). 2. Son of Simeon (Gen 46:10; Exo 6:15); Zerah in 1Ch 4:24.
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
- Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia