H2352 חוּר (chûwr) khoor

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cavern

Strong's Definition

the crevice of a serpent; the cell of aprison

Derivation: or (shortened) חֻר; from an unused root probably meaning to bore;

KJV Usage: hole.

TWOT Reference: 758b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hole

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֻר (chur) — cavern. hole

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חוּר (H2352 · H2353 · H2354 · H2355) — חֻר, חֹורָי

noun m · חור

Cloth

Collocation: חוּר · חֹורָי

white cloth = white cloth; ◄ woven out of either linen or cotton; ► used for making clothes or to decorate the house; ≈ regarded as valuable and therefore symbolizing high status

EST 1:6 · EST 8:15 · ISA 19:9

noun m

hole, den, dungeon = empty, open place ◄ in a solid body

ISA 11:8 · ISA 42:22

name

Names of People

Collocation: חוּר

Hur = man; ► assistant of Moses

EXO 17:10 · EXO 17:12 · EXO 24:14

Names of People

Collocation: חוּר

Hur = man; ◄ tribe of Judah; ► father of Uri; grandfather of Bezalel

EXO 31:2 · EXO 35:30 · EXO 38:22 · 1CH 2:19 · 1CH 2:20 · 1CH 2:50 · 1CH 4:1 · 1CH 4:4 · 2CH 1:5

Names of People

Collocation: חוּר

Hur = man; ► king of Midian

NUM 31:8 · JOS 13:21

Names of People

Collocation: חוּר

Hur = man; ► father of Rephaiah; time of Nehemiah

NEH 3:9

¹ ISA 19:9 MT RSV NJB GNT NIV חֹורָי | HOTTP-C NJPS NRSV REB CEV חָוֵרוּ from חור "to grow pale"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֻר, חוּר n.[m.] id. [חֹר] base

Bible Occurrences (2)

11:8 42:22

Isaiah 11:8

The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach... into the viper’s nest.

Isaiah 42:22

But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons.... They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, Send them back!