הֹרHôr

Hor, the name of a peak in Idumaea and of one in Syria

Pronunciation: hore · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2023

Meanings

1. mountain on border of Edom, always הֹר הָהָר, named as stage in Israel's journey to Canaan (Numbers 20:22; Numbers 21:4; Numbers 33:37)

2. a northeast spur of Lebanon (Numbers 34:7; Numbers 34:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 20:22 The whole community of Israel left Kadesh and arrived at Mount Hor.
  • Numbers 20:23 There, on the border of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
  • Numbers 20:25 Now take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor.
  • Numbers 20:27 So Moses did as the Lord commanded. The three of them went up Mount Hor together as the whole community watched.
  • Numbers 21:4 Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey,
  • Numbers 33:37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).