King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2356
Transliteration: chor
Phonetic Spelling: (khore)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a hole
Meaning: a cavity, socket, den
Word Summary
chor: a hole
Original Word: חוֹרTransliteration: chor
Phonetic Spelling: (khore)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a hole
Meaning: a cavity, socket, den
Strong's Concordance
cave, hole Or (shortened) chor {khore}; the same as chuwr; a cavity, socket, den -- cave, hole.
see HEBREW chuwr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2356. chor
III. חוֺר חֹר, noun [masculine] hole; — absolute חֹר 2 Kings 12:10; Ezekiel 8:7 (strike out Co B etc.), חוֺר Song of Solomon 5:4, חֹרִים 1 Samuel 14:11; construct חֹרֵי Job 30:6; suffix חֹרָיו Nahum 2:13, חֹרֵיהֶן Zechariah 14:12; — hole in lid of chest 2 Kings 12:10 (made by boring, נקב), in door Song of Solomon 5:4; in wall Ezekiel 8:7 (see above); = eye-socket בְּח תִּמַּקְנָה ׳עיניו Zechariah 14:12 (plague of enemies of Jerusalem); holes as hiding-places for men 1 Samuel 14:11, so also 13:6 Ew We Dr (for חוחים ᵑ0), dwelling of outcast people עָפָר חרי Job 30:6; of dens of lions Nahum 2:13. — I.חֹר, see II. חור.