כֹּר
kôr · kore
properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H3564 (כּוּר);
properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cor, measure. Aramaic the same.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֹּר 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- measures8 · 89%
- out of the cor1 · 11%
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.