Dictionaries :: Izhar

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Izhar:

oil, one of the sons of Kohath, and grandson of Levi (Exd 6:18,21; Num 16:1).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Izhar:

iz'-har (yitshar, "the shining one"):

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

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

Nave's Topical Bible

Izhar: Son of Kohath

Exd 6:18, 21; 1Ch 6:2, 18, 38; 23:12, 18

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Izhar:

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