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Gahar
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a Levite head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
Hebrew
Strongs #01515: rxg Gachar
Gahar = "hiding place"1) the head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile with
Zerubbabel
1515 Gachar gah'-khar
from an unused root meaning to hide; lurker; Gachar, one ofthe Nethinim:-Gahar.
Gahar [EBD]
lurking-place, one of the chief of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:47).
GAHAR [SMITH]
(hiding-place) The Bene-Gahar were among the families of Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:49) (B.C. before 536.)GAHAR [ISBE]
GAHAR - ga'-har (gachar): A family name of the Nethinim who came up with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:47; Neh 7:49); in 1 Esdras 5:30 called Geddur.