The meaning of Zohar in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

zo'-har (tsochar, meaning uncertain):

(1) Father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8; Genesis 25:9).

(2) "Son" of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15) = "Zerah" of Numbers 26:13; I Chronicles 4:24.

See ZERAH, 4.

(3) In I Chronicles 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."


See more on the meaning of Zohar in the Bible:
Zohar {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Zohar {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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