זֹהַר

zohar · brightness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2096 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

zohar (זֹהַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “brightness”.

An intense shining.

How to say it

zo·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

  1. Intense, shining light.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • like the brightness ×1
  • radiance ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Ezekiel 8:2

    And I looked, and look, a likeness like the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, like the appearance of radiance, like the gleam of shining metal.

  • Daniel 12:3

    And the insightful will shine like the brightness of the vault, and those who make the many righteous, like the stars forever and ever.