מֹהַר
mōhar
purchase-price
Strong's H4119NounHebrewTWOT 1153a

מֹהַר (mōhar) is a Hebrew noun meaning purchase-price. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4119).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1153a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1153a)purchase-price; price; dowry
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מֹ֫הַר noun, masculine: purchase-price

purchase-price of wife

Strong's H4119 מֹהַר: a price (for a wife)
KJV:dowry.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1153: מָהַר māhar — acquire by paying purchase-price; be liquid, flow, hurry, promptly, bargain, wed; be carried headlong, fearful, haste, hasten, hastily, hasty, rash, make speed, swift, endow

See it in Scripture

Genesis 34:121 Samuel 18:25

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