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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 committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatever was done there, he was the doer of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - the keeper of the prison paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.

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