צֹהַר tsohar
Hebrew word for “midday” · Strong’s H6672 · used 24 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) noon, midday; 1a) noon (as specific time of day); 1b) noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing)
Senses in the lexicon
- midday (23)
- roof (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsohar in context, with how often each is used:
- noons 13
- noontides 7
- more than noons 1
- like the noontides 1
- will be like the noons 1
- roof 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 18 (3), Genesis 43 (2), Genesis 6 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1), 1 Kings 20 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 11 (1), Psalms 37 (1)
Forms
- בצהרים 12
- הצהרים 4
- צהרים 3
- כצהרים 2
- ומצהרים 1
- וצהרים 1
- צהר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsohar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 4
- אוֹר or “light” 3
- מָשַׁשׁ mashash “to feel” 2
- קוֹל qol “voice” 4
- אֲפֵלָה aphelah “darkness” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 4
- עִוֵּר ivver “blind” 2
- עַד ad “till” 4
- חֹשֶׁךְ choshekh “darkness” 2
- עֶרֶב erev “evening” 2
- יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 2
- מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsohar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 28:29 — And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled…
- 1 Kings 18:26 — And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But…
- 1 Kings 18:27 — And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or…
- 1 Kings 18:29 — And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any…
- Psalms 37:6 — And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
- Psalms 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- Song of Solomon 1:7 — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the…
- Isaiah 16:3 — Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
- Isaiah 58:10 — And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
- Jeremiah 20:16 — And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
- Amos 8:9 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
- Zephaniah 2:4 — For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
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.