Zohar

ZOHAR zo'-har (tsochar, meaning uncertain):

(1) Father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8; 25:9).

(2) "Son" of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15) = "Zerah" of Numbers 26:13; 1 Chronicles 4:24.

See ZERAH, 4.

(3) In 1 Chronicles 4:7, where the Qere is "and tsochar" for the Kethibh is yitschar, the Revised Version (British and American) "Izhar," the King James Version wrongly "Jezoar."

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZOHAR'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.