Brightness
זֹ֫הַרStrong’s H2096zohar (zo-har)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zohar is the Hebrew word usually translated “brightness” and “like shining of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
Meaning
- Brightness, shining
How it's translated
- brightness 1
- like shining of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
זֹ֫הַר zohar · brightness
brightness, shining
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “brightness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRIGHTNESS, noun
briteness. Splendor; luster; glitter.
- Acuteness, applied to the faculties; sharpness of wit; as the brightness of a man's parts.
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.