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Strong's #5470 - סֹהַר

Transliteration

çôhar

Phonetics

so'-har

Origin

from the same as (H5469)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1468b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

house of roundness, roundhouse, prison
1. name of a prison

Frequency Lists

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Verse Results

ASV (0)

The
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BSB (0)

Genesis 8

CSB (0)

Genesis 8

ESV (0)

Genesis 8

KJV (8)

Genesis 8

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The
did not use
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N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

Genesis 8

NLT (0)

The
did not use
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WEB (0)

The
did not use
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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 Eb^{Äg. M. 318f.}).

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