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Lexicon :: Strong's H5470 - sōhar

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סֹהַר
Transliteration
sōhar
Pronunciation
so'-har
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as סַהַר (H5469)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1468b

Strong’s Definitions

סֹהַר çôhar, so'-har; from the same as H5469; a dungeon (as surrounded by walls):—prison.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5470 in the following manner: prison (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5470 in the following manner: prison (8x).

  1. house of roundness, roundhouse, prison

    1. name of a prison

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֹהַר çôhar, so'-har; from the same as H5469; a dungeon (as surrounded by walls):—prison.
STRONGS H5470: Abbreviations
† סֹ֫הַר noun [masculine] roundness (?); — only in בֵּית הַמּ׳ Genesis 39:20 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:21, 22, 23 (all J), Genesis 40:3, 5 (RJ), 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.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

39:20; 39:21; 39:22; 39:23; 40:3; 40:5

H5470

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5470 matches the Hebrew סֹהַר (sōhar),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:22 - And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.
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