Category:Zohar

Zo"har, n. Etym: [heb. z candor, splendor.]

Defn: a jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to rabbi simon Ben yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern Critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century. Encyc. Brit.

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Zohar - Brightness. (1.) The father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8). (2.) One of the sons of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15).