צֹחַרTsôchar
Tsochar, the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite
Pronunciation: tso'-khar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6714
Meanings
1. father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8; Genesis 25:9)
2. son of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15)
3. name in Judah (1 Chronicles 4:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 23:8 and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
- Genesis 25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
- Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.)
- Exodus 6:15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.) Their descendants became the clans of Simeon.
- 1 Chronicles 4:7 Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).