חוֹר
chôwr · khore
a cavity, socket, den
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חֹר; the same as H2352 (חוּר);
a cavity, socket, den
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cave, hole.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- out of the holes1 · 14%
- a hole1 · 14%
- in caves1 · 14%
- the hole1 · 14%
- hole1 · 14%
- his holes1 · 14%
- in their holes1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.