Nachar — H5170

Definition

masculine noun

a snorting

1. snorting

Usually translated as

nostrils, snorting

Origin

and (feminine) nachărâh; from an unused root meaning to snort or snore

Occurrences

Nachar occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Job 39:20 — Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils (נַחְר֣וֹ) is terrible.
• Jeremiah 8:16 — The snorting (נַחְרַ֣ת) of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.