BDB3079
חֹר noble, חֹר, חֻר hole, see below II. חרר; חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד see below II. חור.
Strong's Lexicon
H2356
H2356 — חוֹר חוֹר
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H2356 |
|---|---|
| Word: | חוֹר חוֹר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | the same as H2352 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | chowr |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khore (or (shortened) chor {khore}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. a cavity, socket, den |
| KJV Renderings: | cave, hole. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB3174
III. חֹר, חוֺר noun [masculine] hole; — absolute חֹר 2Kgs 12:10; Ezek 8:7 (strike out Co B etc.), חוֺר Song 5:4, חֹרִים 1Sam 14:11 construct חֹרֵי Job 30:6 suffix חֹרָיו Nah 2:13, חֹרֵיהֶן Zech 14:12 — hole in lid of chest 2Kgs 12:10 (made by boring, נקב), in door Song 5:4 in wall Ezek 8:7 (see above); = eye-socket ׳ עיניו תִּמַּקְנָה בְּח Zech 14:12 (plague of enemies of Jerusalem); holes as hiding-places for men 1Sam 14:11, so also 1Sam 13:6 Ew We Dr (for ᵑ0 חוחים), dwelling of outcast people חרי עָפָר Job 30:6 of dens of lions Nah 2:13. — I. חֹר, see II. חור .
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
חור (gh)
2 Kings 12:9
- KJV: But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.door: Heb. threshold
- EHCC: (10). bored a hole in the lid of it,
Song of Songs 5:4
- KJV: My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.for him: or, (as some read) in me
- EHCC: put in Bis ied the hole
Ezekiel 8:7
- KJV: And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
- EHCC: behold a Aole in the wall.
Nahum 2:12
- KJV: The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
- EHCC: (18). filled Ais holes with prey,
Zechariah 14:12
- KJV: And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
- EHCC: shall consume away in their holes,