Bright
בָּהִירStrong’s H0925bahir (ba-hir)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Bahir is the Hebrew word usually translated “brilliant”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.”
Meaning
- Bright, brilliant (of light)
How it's translated
- brilliant 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בָּהִיר bahir · bright
bright, brilliant (of light)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bright” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRIGHT, adjective
brite. [Heb. to shine.]
- Shining; lucid; luminous; splendid; as a bright sun or star; a bright metal.
- Clear; transparent; as liquors.
- Evident; clear; manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes.
- Resplendent with charms; as a bright beauty; the brightest fair.
All definitions
- Illuminated with science; sparkling with wit; as the brightest of men.
- Illustrious; glorious; as the brightest period of a kingdom.
- In popular language, ingenious; possessing an active mind.
- Promising good or success; as bright prospects.
- Sparkling; animated; as bright eyes.
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.