Izhar

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Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]

Iz'har. (Oil). Son of Kohath, grandson of Levi, uncle of Aaron and Moses, and father of Korah.  Exodus 6:18;  Exodus 6:21;  Numbers 3:19;  Numbers 16:1;  1 Chronicles 6:2;  1 Chronicles 6:18. (B.C. After 1490). Izhar was the head of the family of the Izharites,  1 Chronicles 24:22;  1 Chronicles 26:23, or Izeharites.  Numbers 3:27;  1 Chronicles 26:23;  1 Chronicles 26:29.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

IZHAR. 1. Son of Kohath the son of Levi (  Exodus 6:18;   Exodus 6:21 ,   Numbers 3:19; Num 16:1 ,   1 Chronicles 6:2;   1 Chronicles 6:18; 1Ch 6:38;   1 Chronicles 23:12;   1 Chronicles 23:18 ); patron. Izharites (  Numbers 3:27 ,   1 Chronicles 24:22;   1 Chronicles 26:28-29 ). 2. A Judahite (  1 Chronicles 4:7 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]

 Numbers 3:19;  Numbers 3:27;  Exodus 6:18;  Exodus 6:21;  Numbers 16:1. Amminadab is substituted by mistake in  1 Chronicles 6:22, as appears from  1 Chronicles 6:38. Head of one of the four Kohathite families ( 1 Chronicles 26:23;  1 Chronicles 26:29).

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

 Exodus 6:18 Numbers 16:1Korah 1 Chronicles 23:18 2 1 Chronicles 4:7

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [5]

The son of Kohath and father of Korah, ( Numbers 16:1.) The name signifies light, from Itzar.

Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]

 Exodus 6:18,21 Numbers 16:1

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Heb. Yitshar', יַצְהָר , Oil, as often; Sept. Ι᾿Σσαάρ , Ι᾿Σαάρ ), the second son of Kohath (son of Levi), and father of three sons ( Exodus 6:18;  Exodus 6:21;  Numbers 16:1;  1 Chronicles 6:2;  1 Chronicles 6:18;  1 Chronicles 6:38;  1 Chronicles 23:12;  1 Chronicles 23:18). In  Numbers 3:19, his name is Anglicized "Izehar." His descendants are called IZHARITES (Heb. Yitshari', יַצְהָרַי ; Sept. Ι᾿Σσααρί , Ι᾿Σσαρί , Ι᾿Σσαάρ [ Numbers 3:27;  1 Chronicles 24:22;  1 Chronicles 26:23;  1 Chronicles 26:29, in the first of which passages it is Anglicized "Izeharites"]). B.C. post 1856. (See Zohar).

"In  1 Chronicles 6:22, Alminiadab is substituted for Izhar, as the son of Kohath and father of Korah, in the line of Samuel. This, however, must be an accidental. error of the scribe, as in  1 Chronicles 6:38, where the same genealogy is repeated, Izhar appears again in his right place. The Codex Alex. in  1 Chronicles 6:22 reads Izhar in place of Amminadab, and the Aldine and Complut. read Amminadab between Izhar and Kore, making another generation. But these are probably only corrections of the text. (See Burrington, Geneal. Of the O.T.)" (Smith).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

iz´har ( יצהר , yichār , "the shining one"):

(1) The father of Korah ( Numbers 16:1 ), descended from a Kohathite Levite of this name, whose descendants formed a family, in the tribe of Levi ( Exodus 6:18 ,  Exodus 6:21;  Numbers 3:19 ,  Numbers 3:27;  1 Chronicles 6:18 ,  1 Chronicles 6:38 ).

(2) A descendant of Judah, whose mother's name was Helah. the American Revised Version margin gives the name Zohar ( 1 Chronicles 4:7 ).

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