Tsôchar — H6714

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tsochar, the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite

1. Zohar = "tawny"
2. a Judaite, son of Ashur by wife Helah
3. father of Ephron the Hittite
4. one of the sons of Simeon; also 'Zerah'

Usually translated as

Zohar

Origin

from the same as H6713; whiteness

• Same as Tsachar (H6713)

Occurrences

Tsôchar occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (1)

• Genesis 23:8 — And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar (צֹֽחַר),
• Genesis 25:9 — And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar (צֹ֙חַר֙) the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
• Genesis 46:10 — And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar (וְצֹ֑חַר), and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
• Exodus 6:15 — And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar (וְצֹ֔חַר), and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.