H2356 - חוֹר (chôwr)

H2356 חוֹר (chôwr) khore

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

hole

Strong's Definition

a cavity, socket, den

Derivation: or (shortened) חֹר; the same as H2352 (חוּר);

KJV Usage: cave, hole.

TWOT Reference: 758a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hole, cave

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G758 G1658 G1784 G3555 G3692

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

hole, cave

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֹר / חוֹר chôr BDB Definition: 1) hole, cave Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H2352 Same Word by TWOT Number: 758a Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (6)

14:11

12:9

30:6

8:7

2:12

14:12

1 Samuel 14:11

So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, [who] exclaimed, Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”...

2 Kings 12:9

Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

Job 30:6

so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Ezekiel 8:7

Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.

Nahum 2:12

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Zechariah 14:12

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.