נָחוֹר
Nâchôwr · naw-khore'
Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H5170 (נַחַר); snorer;
Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nahor.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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)
the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָחוֹר 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nahor6 · 33%
- of nahor4 · 22%
- and nahor3 · 17%
- of nahor's1 · 6%
- to nahor1 · 6%
- unto nahor1 · 6%
- nahor's1 · 6%
- of nachor1 · 6%
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.