What does מֹהַר (mōhar) mean in the Bible?
מֹהַר (mōhar): Bride-price paid by groom's family to bride's father, establishing legal marriage covenant and compensation for loss of daughter
Hebrew · H4119
מֹהַר
A price (for a wife)
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מֹהַר H4119
Pronunciation mōhar
What does מֹהַר (mōhar) mean in the Bible?
מֹהַר (mōhar): Bride-price paid by groom's family to bride's father, establishing legal marriage covenant and compensation for loss of daughter
Full entry for מֹהַר (H4119) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4119?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dowry (1), other dowry (1), to the bridal price (1).
Where does מֹהַר (mōhar) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 34:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Samuel (1), Exodus (1), Genesis (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dowry 1× Genesis 34:12
other dowry 1× 1 Samuel 18:25
to the bridal price 1× Exodus 22:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 34:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Genesis 1 Exodus 1 1 Samuel 1
Source forms
בְּמֹ֔הַר 1x bə·mō·har 1 Samuel 18:25
כְּמֹ֖הַר 1x kə·mō·har Exodus 22:17
מֹ֣הַר 1x mō·har Genesis 34:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 34:12
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 1x 1 Samuel 18:25
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Exodus 22:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Bride-price paid by groom's family to bride's father, establishing legal marriage covenant and compensation for loss of daughter
Source Gloss
a price (for a wife)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Bride-price paid by groom's family to bride's father, establishing legal marriage covenant and compensation for loss of daughter
a price (for a wife) BDB: purchase-price Usage: dowry.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מֹהַר is built from this root:
מָהַר H4117
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain