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HebrewH6981Proper Noun (Masculine)

קוֹרֵא

qo.re

3Occurrences
H6981Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kore, the name of two Israelites

or קֹרֵא; (1 Chronicles 26:1), active participle of H7121 (קָרָא); crier;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Ebiasaph (H0043); brother of: Assir (H0617H); also called Korahite at ; 1x § Kore = "crier" 1) a Korahite Levite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of ) a Levite, son of Imnah, in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

קוֹרֵא appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:1BSB

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers:From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 9:19BSB

Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:14BSB

Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.

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