צֹ֫הַר
noon
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H6672 appears in the Book of Amos — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Amos
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, צהר (tsôhar) means “noon.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 6:16. With 24 verses in 12 books, it is an uncommon word in the Hebrew Bible. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Sharing its root, it stands alongside צהר, יצהר and צרת. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6672 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 24
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 24 distinct verses.
- 12 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 12 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,327
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,327 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 24 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 24 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 14 verses · 58%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 6 verses · 25%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Noon 8×, Noonday 7×
- American Standard Version†: Noonday 8×, Noon 7×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Noon 15×, Midday 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Noon 12×, Midday 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6672 across 23† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6672 across 22† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6672 across 23† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6672 across 25† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 2 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
צהר I [m.] only pl. צָהֳרַ֫יִם midday, noon, Dt 28
- 1. noon as a specif. time of day, 1 K 18:29; especially בַּצּ׳ at noon Gn 43:16, 25; Am 8:9; 1 K 18:27; 20:16; Ct 1:7 (resting-time for flock), Je 6:4 (opp. evening); בְּעֵת צ׳ Je 20:16 (dist. from morning) as time of supposed security Je 15:8; Zp 2:4; also מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד הַצּ׳ 1 K 18:26, עַד־הַצּ׳ 2 K 4:20; without ב, as adv., צ׳ as time of prayer ψ 55:18 (+ בֹּקֶר, עֶרֶב); as time of wasting קֶטֶב 91:6; מִשְׁכַּב הַצּ׳ 2 S 4:5 noonday repose. e.g. 1 Kings 18:29
- 2. noon, as bright, sim. of happiness, blessing, Is 58:10 (opp. אֲפֵלָה), ψ 37:6 (‖ כָּאוֹר); cf. Jb 11:17 (Ges§ 133 e); v. also בְּתוֹךְ הַצּ׳ Is 16:3 (opp. צִלֵּךְ); בַּצּ׳ Dt 28:29 Is 59:10 Jb 5:14. e.g. Isaiah 58:10
צהר II ob. roof (cf.Arabic Assyrian TelAm. back
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.[m.] only pl. צָהֳרַ֫יִם midday, noon, Dt 28:29 +, צָהֳרָ֑יִם Gn 43:16 + (when sun mounts its highest; on form as expanded pl. (not du.) v. Ges§ 88 c and reff.);—usually
II. n.f. prob. roof (cf.Arabic Assyrian TelAm. back; > Thes Di al. light, window);—צ׳ תַּעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה Gn 6:16.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from צהר (tsâhar) (H6671) — to press oil.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
צָהַר
- (cmp. preced. wds., a. זָהַר) to be bright, shining.
- to brighten. Lev. R. s. 5 … שהוא משיר ומַצְהִיר וכ׳ which removes the hair and makes the body (skin) glistening; v. עָדַן.
צְהַר
- ; trnsf. to be clear, to understand. Kidd. 39ᵃ לא צַהֲרִיתוּ you do not understand (the law) clearly; cmp. חֲוַר. Bets. 14ᵇ דהוה קלופיה צְהִיר טפי Ms. M. (ed., v. צִיהֲרָא) the peeled surface of the grain was very bright (white,—an indication that it was pounded immediately before it was cooked).
צַהַר
- (preced.) glossy, white scurf. Targ. Y. Lev. XIII, 39 (h. text בהק).—Gitt. 86ᵃ Alf., v. טַצְהַר.
צֹהַר
- preced.) light; window. Gen. R. s. 31 (ref. to Gen. VI, 16) expl. as window, and as jewel.—Du. צָהֳרַיִם noon-time. Snh. 108ᵇ (ref. to צהר, Gen. l. c.) אמר לו … מאירות לכם כצ׳ the Lord said to him, place in it (the ark) jewels and precious stones that they may give you light as bright as noon. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 9. Men. 18ᵃ. Ab. III, 10 יין של צ׳ drinking wine at noon-time; a. e. e.g. Genesis 6:16
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 18 distinct written forms H6672 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בַּֽ/צָּהֳרָ֑יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Amos 8:9 | 5 |
| כַּֽ/צָּהֳרָֽיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Isaiah 58:10 | 2 |
| צָהֳרָֽיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Jeremiah 20:16 | 2 |
| בַֽ/צָּהֳרַ֜יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Kings 18:27 | 1 |
| בַֽ/צָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Isaiah 59:10 | 1 |
| בַֽ/צָּהֳרָ֑יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Jeremiah 6:4 | 1 |
| בַֽ/צָּהֳרָֽיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Job 5:14 | 1 |
| בַּֽ/צָּהֳרַ֗יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Deuteronomy 28:29 | 1 |
| בַּֽ/צָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Zephaniah 2:4 | 1 |
| בַּֽ/צָּהֳרָֽיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Genesis 43:16 | 1 |
| הַ/צָּהֳרַ֤יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Kings 18:26 | 1 |
| הַֽ/צָּהֳרַ֔יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Kings 18:29 | 1 |
| הַֽ/צָּהֳרַ֖יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Kings 4:20 | 1 |
| הַֽ/צָּהֳרָֽיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 4:5 | 1 |
| וְ֭/צָהֳרַיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Psalms 55:17 | 1 |
| וּֽ֭/מִ/צָּהֳרַיִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Job 11:17 | 1 |
| צָהֳרָ֑יִם | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Isaiah 16:3 | 1 |
| צֹ֣הַר | Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 6:16 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6672, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 23 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 24 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 6:16
- Deuteronomy 28:29
- 2 Samuel 4:5
- 1 Kings 18:26
- 2 Kings 4:20
- Job 5:14
- Psalms 37:6
- Song of Solomon 1:7
- Isaiah 16:3
- Jeremiah 6:4
- Amos 8:9
- Zephaniah 2:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
