Zohar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zohar \Zo"har\, n. [Heb. z[=o]har candor, splendor.]
     A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi
     Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century,
     a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the
     13th century. --Encyc. Brit.
     [1913 Webster]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Zohar
     brightness. (1.) The father of Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:8).
     
       (2.) One of the sons of Simeon (Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Zohar, white; bright; dryness