חֹר
chôr · khore
properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) חוֹר; from H2787 (חָרַר); (compare H2751 (חֹרִי))
properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
- properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire
- hence, (figuratively) noble (in rank)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: noble.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 › the head, the highest
To separate and protect of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹר 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 · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the nobles4 · 31%
- unto the nobles2 · 15%
- and to the nobles1 · 8%
- and the nobles1 · 8%
- nor to the nobles1 · 8%
- with the nobles1 · 8%
- of nobles1 · 8%
- and all the nobles1 · 8%
- all the nobles1 · 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.