חֹר chor

Hebrew word for “noble” · Strong’s H2715 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

a noble, freeborn one

How it is translated

Glosses given for chor in context, with how often each is used:

• nobles 13

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 21 (2), Nehemiah 4 (2), Nehemiah 2 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Nehemiah 6 (1), Nehemiah 7 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1), Ecclesiastes 10 (1), Isaiah 34 (1), Jeremiah 27 (1)

Forms

• החרים 5
• חרי 4
• והחרים 1
• ולחרים 1
• חורים 1
• חריה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סָגָן sagan “ruler” 5
• יֶתֶר yeter “remainder” 3
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 3
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 3
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 4
• רִיב riv “to contend” 2
• אָח ach “brother” 3
• מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 2
• אֵת et “with” 3
• זָקֵן zaqen “old” 2
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 2
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 2

Key verses

The verses using chor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 21:8 — So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with…
• 1 Kings 21:11 — And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the…
• Nehemiah 2:16 — And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor…
• Nehemiah 4:14 — And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is…
• Nehemiah 5:7 — Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great…
• Nehemiah 6:17 — Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
• Nehemiah 7:5 — And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register…
• Nehemiah 13:17 — Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
• Ecclesiastes 10:17 — Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
• Isaiah 34:12 — They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
• Jeremiah 27:20 — Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the…
• Jeremiah 39:6 — Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.