HebrewH1515Proper Noun (Masculine)
גַּ֫חַר
ga.char
“Gahar”
2Occurrences
H1515Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Gachar, one of the Nethinim
from an unused root meaning to hide; lurker;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Gahar = "hiding place" the head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile with Zerubbabel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
גַּ֫חַר appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:47BSB
the descendants of Giddel,the descendants of Gahar,the descendants of Reaiah,
Nehemiah 7:49BSB
the descendants of Hanan,the descendants of Giddel,the descendants of Gahar,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.