סֹהַר
sohar · prison
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5470 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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sohar (סֹהַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “prison”.
The word appears only in the story of Joseph.
How to say it
so·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 place where the king's prisoners were kept, under a chief of the prison.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Genesis 39:20
Joseph’s lord took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the prison.
- Genesis 39:21
But YHWH was with Joseph and extended to him loyal love, and gave him favor in the eyes of the chief of the prison.
- Genesis 39:22
The chief of the prison put into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the prison; and all that was done there, he was the one doing it.
- Genesis 39:23
The chief of the prison did not look into anything in his hand, because YHWH was with him; and whatever he did, YHWH made successful.
- Genesis 40:3
and he put them in custody in the house of the chief of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
- Genesis 40:5
And the two of them dreamed a dream, each his own dream, in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream: the cupbearer and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison.
And 2 more times.