Definition
a primitive root; properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)
Traditional renderings: arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.
Traditional renderings: arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זָרַח:
- ἀνατέλλωanatellō“to rise”87%
- ἐξανατέλλωexanatellō“to sprout up”7%
- φαίνωphainō“to shine/appear”7%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
18 total
- Genesis 32:31וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־ · roseThe sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
- Exodus 22:3זָרְחָ֥ה · it happens after sunriseBut if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
- Deuteronomy 33:2וְזָרַ֤ח · and dawnedHe said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- Judges 9:33כִּזְרֹ֣חַ · at sunriseAnd in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
- 2 Samuel 23:4יִזְרַח־…is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
- 2 Kings 3:22זָרְחָ֣ה · was shiningWhen they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19זָרְחָ֨ה · broke outUzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
- Job 9:7יִזְרָ֑ח · to shineHe commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
- Psalm 104:22תִּזְרַ֣ח · risesThe sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
- Psalm 112:4זָ֘רַ֤ח · dawnsLight dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Ecclesiastes 1:5וְזָרַ֥ח · rises; זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ · risesThe sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
- Isaiah 58:10וְזָרַ֤ח · will go forth…and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Isaiah 60:1זָרָֽח׃ · risesArise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Isaiah 60:2יִזְרַ֣ח · will riseFor behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Jonah 4:8כִּזְרֹ֣חַ · was risingAs the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Nahum 3:17זָֽרְחָה֙ · risesYour guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
- Malachi 4:2וְזָרְחָ֨ה · will rise“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.