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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5470 - סֹהַר
Transliteration
çôhar
Phonetics
so'-har
Root Word (Etymology)
from the same as (H5469)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1468b
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) house of roundness, roundhouse, prison
1a) name of a prison
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (8)
Genesis
8
HCS (0)
HCS (8)
Genesis
8
BSB (8)
Genesis
8
WEB (0)
(0)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
סֹ֫הַר noun [masculine] roundness (?); — only in ׳בֵּית הַמּ Genesis 39:20 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:21,22,23 (all J), Genesis 40:3,5 (R J), the round house (name of a prison: but ׳ס perhaps an Egyptian word Hebraized, compare Dr in Hastings DB ii.768n. and EbÄg. M. 318f.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
סֹהַר m. a tower, so called from its being round, a castle (Syriac ܣܳܚܪܬܳܐ a fortress, a palace). הַסֹּהַר בֵּית the house of the castle, used of a fortified prison, -Gen. 39:2023 ; 40:3, Genesis 40:5. The Samaritan copy has סחר, which shows a leaning towards Aramaism.
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List of Word Forms
הַסֹּ֑הַר הַסֹּ֔הַר הַסֹּ֗הַר הַסֹּ֙הַר֙ הַסֹּֽהַר׃ הסהר הסהר׃ has·sō·har hasSohar hassōhar
