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HebrewH2715Noun (Masculine)

חֹר

chor

11Occurrences
H2715Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)

or (fully) חוֹר; from H2787 (חָרַר); (compare H2751 (חֹרִי))

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a noble, freeborn one

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֹר appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
5
1 Kings
2
Jeremiah
2
Ecclesiastes
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 21:8BSB

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

Ecclesiastes 10:17BSB

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles,and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Jeremiah 27:20BSB

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:17BSB

Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 5:7BSB

and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!”So I called a large assembly against them

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.