H5470
H5470 — סוֹהַר
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
cohar (so'-har) n-m.
1. a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)
[from the same as H5469]
KJV: prison.
Root(s): H5469
TWOT
TWOT: 1468b
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KJV Renderings
prison.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB5513
סֹ֫הַר noun [masculine] roundness (?); — only in ׳ בֵּית הַמּ Gen 39:20 (twice in verse); Gen 39:21 ; Gen 39:22 ; Gen 39:23 (all J ), Gen 40:3 ; Gen 40:5 ( R J ), the round house (name of a prison: but ׳ ס perhaps an Egyptian word Hebraized, compare Dr in HastingsDB ii.768 n. and EbÄg. M. 318 f.).