Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4119 - מֹהַר mohar (purchase price (of a wife))

Original Word:	מֹהַר
Transliteration:	mohar
Definition:	purchase price (of a wife)
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(mo'-har)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dowry

From mahar; a price (for a wife) -- dowry.

see HEBREW mahar

Englishman's Concordance

1) purchase price for wife, wedding money
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4117
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1153a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מֹ֫הַרnoun masculinepurchase-price of wife

( Late Hebrew id.; Arabic RS^{K 78 f}; RS^{Proph. iv. n. 13} Nö^l.c. Sta^{Geschichte. i. 381} Dr^{Deuteronomy 22:23 and references}; Aramaic מוֺהֲרָא, ); — absolute ׳מGenesis 34:12 (J; "" מַתָּן) 1 Samuel 18:25; construct מֹהַרהַבְּתוּלֹתExodus 22:16 (E).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4119. מֹ֫הַר (mohar) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 34:12
HEB:עָלַ֤י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּמַתָּ֔ן וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה
NAS: much bridal payment and gift,
KJV: me never so much dowry and gift,
INT: ever so bridal and gift will give

Exodus 22:17
HEB:כֶּ֣סֶף יִשְׁקֹ֔ל כְּמֹ֖הַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃ ס
NAS: money equal to the dowry for virgins.
KJV: money according to the dowry of virgins.
INT: money shall pay to the dowry virgins

1 Samuel 18:25
HEB:חֵ֤פֶץ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּמֹ֔הַר כִּ֗י בְּמֵאָה֙
NAS: does not desire any dowry except
KJV: desireth not any dowry, but an hundred
INT: desire the king dowry except A hundred

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