זָהַר zahar

Hebrew word for “to warn” · Strong’s H2094 · used 22 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) to admonish, warn, teach;

Senses in the lexicon

• to warn (21)
• to shine (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for zahar in context, with how often each is used:

• warned 6
• will warn 5
• have warned 4
• warn 2
• took warning 2
• has been warned 1
• had taken warning 1
• will shine 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 33 (7), Ezekiel 3 (5), Exodus 18 (1), 2 Kings 6 (1), 2 Chronicles 19 (1), Psalms 19 (1), Ecclesiastes 4 (1), Ecclesiastes 12 (1), Daniel 12 (1)

Forms

• נזהר 6
• הזהרתו 3
• והזהרת 2
• להזהיר 2
• הזהרת 2
• והזהרתה 1
• והזהירו 1
• והזהרתם 1
• להזהר 1
• הזהר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zahar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּם dam “blood” 7
• שֹׁפָר shophar “trumpet” 4
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 5
• צָפָה tsaphah “to watch” 3
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 4
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 5
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
• מוּת mut “to die” 5
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3
• בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 3
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 4

Key verses

The verses using zahar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 18:20 — And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
• Psalms 19:11 — Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
• Ezekiel 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Ezekiel 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the…
• Ezekiel 3:19 — Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
• Ezekiel 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not…
• Ezekiel 3:21 — Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast…
• Ezekiel 33:6 — But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is…
• Ezekiel 33:7 — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
• Ezekiel 33:8 — When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his…
• Ezekiel 33:9 — Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy…
• Daniel 12:3 — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.