zarach · rise, shine

What it means

zarach (זָרַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rise, shine”.

Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To rise, shine, like the sun at dawn.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• rises ×7
• will rise ×3
• has risen ×2
• rose ×2
• broke out ×1
• dawned ×1
• rise ×1
• shone ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Isaiah×3
• Jonah×1
• Nahum×1
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 32:31

  The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

• Exodus 22:3

  if the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for him. He shall surely repay; if he has nothing, he shall be sold for his theft.

• Deuteronomy 33:2

  And he said, “YHWH came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon them; he shone forth from Mount Paran, and he came from among myriads of holy ones; at his right hand a fire of law for them.

• Judges 9:33

  And in the morning, as the sun rises, you shall rise early and rush upon the city; and when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to him as your hand finds.

• 2 Samuel 23:4

  is like the light of morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds; from the brightness, from the rain, springs vegetation from the earth.’

• 2 Kings 3:22

  They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and Moab saw the water across from them red as blood.

• 2 Chronicles 26:19

  Uzziah was enraged, and in his hand was a censer to burn incense; and when he was enraged with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of YHWH, beside the altar of incense.

• Job 9:7

  who speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars;

• Psalms 104:22

  The sun rises, they gather together, and in their dens they lie down.

• Psalms 112:4

  Light rises in the darkness for the upright; gracious and merciful and righteous.

• Ecclesiastes 1:5

  And the sun rises, and the sun goes down, and it pants toward its place; there it rises.

• Isaiah 58:10

  and if you offer your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your gloom will be like noon.

• Isaiah 60:1

  Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of YHWH has risen upon you.

• Isaiah 60:2

  For look, darkness will cover the earth, and thick cloud the peoples; but upon you YHWH will rise, and his glory will be seen upon you.

• Jonah 4:8

  And it happened, when the sun rose, that Elohim appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck on the head of Jonah, and he grew faint; and he asked that his soul die, and said, “Better is my death than my life.”

• Nahum 3:17

  Your guards are like the locust, and your officials like a swarm of grasshoppers that camp in the walls on a day of cold; the sun rises, and they flee, and their place is not known; where are they?

• Malachi 4:2

  But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings; and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

And 1 more times.