זָהַר
zâhar · zaw-har'
to gleam; figuratively, to enlighten (by caution)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to gleam; figuratively, to enlighten (by caution)
- to gleam
- figuratively, to enlighten (by caution)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: admonish, shine, teach, (give) warn(-ing).
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest
To cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָהַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to warn2 · 9%
- and warn2 · 9%
- and thou shalt teach1 · 5%
- him and warned1 · 5%
- ye shall even warn1 · 5%
- warned1 · 5%
- no more be admonished1 · 5%
- be admonished1 · 5%
- and give them warning1 · 5%
- and thou givest him not warning1 · 5%
- yet if thou warn1 · 5%
- because thou hast not given him warning1 · 5%
- nevertheless if thou warn1 · 5%
- because he is warned1 · 5%
- and taketh not warning1 · 5%
- and took not warning1 · 5%
- shall be upon him. but he that taketh warning1 · 5%
- be not warned1 · 5%
- nevertheless, if thou warn1 · 5%
- shall shine1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.