Lexical Summary chor: a noble Original Word: חֹרTransliteration: chor Phonetic Spelling: (khore) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a noble Meaning: white, pure, noble Strong's Concordance noble Or (fully) chowr {khore}; from charar; properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire (compare choriy); hence (figuratively) noble (in rank) -- noble. see HEBREW charar see HEBREW choriy Brown-Driver-Briggs H2715. chor II. [חֹר] noun masculine1 Kings 21:8 noble, late, especially Nehemiah, see DrIntr 519 n. (see LagBN 32) **compare NöZMG lvii (1903), 416 — only plural חֹרִים 21:8 6t., חוֺרִים Ecclesiastes 10:17; Nehemiah 6:17 3t.; suffix חֹרֶיהָ Isaiah 34:12; — nobles in Naboth's city 1 Kings 21:8, 11 nobles of Judah, יְהוּדָה חֹרֵי; Jeremiah 27:20; 39:6; Nehemiah 6:17; 13:17, ׳הח והסגנים (in Jerusalem) 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 5:7; 7:5; Ecclesiastes 10:17, of Edom Isaiah 34:12. — I.חֹר, see II. חור. III. חרר (√ of following; see Assyrian —arâru, bore, pierce, —urru, hole, ravine DlPr 150, 182; Arabic hole or mouth of millstone; Late Hebrew חִרְחֵר bore pierce). |
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