H4119Noun, masculine3 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 34:12מֹהַר
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
- Exodus 22:17כְּמֹהַר
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
- 1 Samuel 18:25בְּמֹהַר
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.