Strong's Hebrew · H4119
H4119 môhar
מֹהַר
mo'-har
brideprice
Looking for Greek G4119 pleíōn? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4119. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
môhar appears 3 times in Scripture, in Genesis 34:12, Exodus 22:17 and 1 Samuel 18:25. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a price (for a wife)
In the King James Version
dowry.
Derivation
from H4117 (מָהַר);
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“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.”
“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.”
“Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
