Bible Person
Meaning: white; bright; dryness · Male · 2 cross references
Zohar is the father of Ephron the Hittite in the burial-purchase narrative involving Abraham and Sarah. He appears through the family background of the man from whom Abraham acquires the cave of Machpelah. First appears in Gen 23:8.1
AI summary: Zohar matters because his cross references place his house behind one of the most important land transactions in Genesis, the purchase of Sarah's burial place. Though Ephron is the main negotiator, Zohar's name helps anchor the agreement in a specific Hittite family line. Taken together, the material presents Zohar as a familial source within a foundational moment of burial, promise, and land.1
Central Figure
Zohar
Meaning: white; bright; dryness
The father of Ephron the Hittite (Gen.
Children
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.