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 Ch 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."

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.