מֹהַר
mohar · bride-price
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4119 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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mohar (מֹהַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bride-price”.
The payment the bridegroom gave to the bride's family.
How to say it
mo·har
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
- The payment the groom gave to the woman's family.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 34:12
Increase very much the bride-price and the gift you require of me, and I will give just as you say to me; only give me the young woman as a wife.”
- Exodus 22:17
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall weigh out silver according to the bride-price of virgins.
- 1 Samuel 18:25
Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David: ‘The king has no delight in a bride-price, but in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, to take vengeance on the enemies of the king.’” And Saul planned to bring down David by the hand of the Philistines.