Midday
צֹ֫הַרStrong’s H6672tsohar (tso-har)
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsohar is the Hebrew word usually translated “at noon”, “noon” and “noontide”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”
Meaning
- Noon, middaynoon (as specific time of day) · noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing)
- Roofmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- at noon 8
- noon 4
- the noontide 3
- at the noontide 3
- a roof 1
- in the noontide 1
- and more than noon 1
- like the noontide 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 4
- Genesis 3
- Psalms 3
- Isaiah 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Job 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 43:16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
- Genesis 43:25And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
- Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
- 2 Samuel 4:5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
- 1 Kings 18:26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
- 1 Kings 18:27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Hebrew dictionary
צֹ֫הַר tsohar · midday
1) noon, midday 1a) noon (as specific time of day) 1b) noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing)
צֹ֫הַר tsohar · roof
2) roof 2a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “midday” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MID'-DAY, adjective
Being at noon; meridional; as the mid-day sun.
All definitions and other forms of “midday”
MID'-DAY, noun
The middle of the day; noon.
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.