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Snorting

נַ֫חַרStrong’s H5170

nachar (na-char)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Nachar is the Hebrew word usually translated “snorting its” and “snorting of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.”
Job 39:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Snorting
  2. Snorting
How it's translated
  • snorting its 1
  • snorting of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Job 1
  • Jeremiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נַ֫חַר nachar · snorting

snorting Also means: na.cha.rah (נַחֲרָה "snorting" H5170B)

נַחֲרָה nacharah · snorting

snorting Another spelling of na.char (נַ֫חַר "snorting" H5170A)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SNORT'ING, participle present

tense Forcing the air violently through the nose.

    All definitions and other forms of “snorting”

      SNORT'ING, noun

      The act of forcing the air through the nose with violence and noise.

        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.