חוּרָם
Chûwrâm · khoo-rawm'
Churam, the name of an Israelite and two Syrians
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H2353 (חוּר); whiteness, i.e. noble;
Churam, the name of an Israelite and two Syrians
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Huram. Compare H2438 (חִירָם).
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוּרָם 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and huram4 · 31%
- of huram2 · 15%
- now hiram1 · 8%
- to huram1 · 8%
- then huram1 · 8%
- huram1 · 8%
- did huram1 · 8%
- which huram1 · 8%
- also of huram1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
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.