Hebrew

To shine

אָהַלStrong’s H0166

ahal (a-hal)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Ahal is the Hebrew word usually translated “it is clear”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.”

Meaning

How it's translated

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אָהַל ahal · to shine

(Hiphil) to be clear, shine

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “shine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SHINE, verb intransitive

[If s is a prefix, this word accords with the root of Latin canus, caneo.

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit lightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.
To be unclouded; as, the moon shines.
To be glossy or bright, as silk.

All definitions and other forms of “shine”

To be gay or splendid.
To be beautiful.
To be eminent, conspicuous or distinguished; as, to shine in courts.
To give light, real or figurative.
To manifest glorious excellencies.
To be clearly published.
To be conspicuously displayed; to be manifest.“Let your light so shine before men-” Matthew 5:16

SHINE, noun

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.