Topic
Zohar
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 23:8Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Ephron
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
- Genesis 46:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Son of Simeon
¶ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
- Exodus 6:15Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Son of Simeon
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
- Genesis 25:9Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Ephron
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 is before Mamre;
- 1 Chronicles 4:24Smith · ISBE
¶ The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
- Numbers 26:13ISBE
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
- 1 Chronicles 4:7ISBE
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Brightness. (1.) The father of Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:8).
(2.) One of the sons of Simeon (Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- 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 (1915) · 7 references
zo'-har (tsochar, meaning uncertain):
(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 ZERAH, 4.
(3) In 1Ch 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."
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.