Strong's Lexicon

H3564

H3564 — כּוּר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkuwrnoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 967b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3564
Word:	כּוּר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	kuwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	koor
Meaning:	1. a pot or furnace (as if excavated)
KJV Renderings:	furnace.

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BDB3960

כּוּר noun [masculine] smelting-pot or furnace (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2484]; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., [untranscribed source text 2485]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2486]) — pot or furnace for smelting metals, but always in metaphor or simile of human sufferings in punishment or discipline: iron (figurative of Egypt as place of bondage) הַבַּרְזֶל ׳ מִכּ Deut 4:20; Jer 11:4, ׳ הַבּ ׳ מִתּוֺךְ כ 1Kgs 8:51 gold לַזָּהָב ׳ כ Prov 17:3 = Prov 27:21 (|| מַצְרֵף); various metals Ezek 22:18; Ezek 22:20; Ezek 22:22 once בְּכוּר עֹ֑נִי Isa 48:10 in a smelting-pot of affliction.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כור (koor)

Deuteronomy 4:20

KJV: But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

EHCC: brought you forth out of the iron furnace,

1 Kings 6:51

EHCC: from the midst of the furnace of iron:

Proverbs 17:3

KJV: The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

EHCC: & 4 Leder for gold:

Isaiah 48:10

KJV: Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.with…: or, for silver

EHCC: 1 have chosen thee in the furnace of

Jeremiah 11:4

KJV: Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

EHCC: from the iron furnace, .

Ezekiel 22:18

KJV: Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc

EHCC: 29. מ1 the midst of the furnace;