חוּרchûwr
white stuff, (dubious whether cotton or linen, compare כַּרְפַּס), of Mordecai's garments (Esther 8:15; Esther 1:6)
Pronunciation: khoor · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2353
Same root
- חָוַרchâvar · H2357to blanch (as with shame)
- חוּרChûwr · H2354Chur, the name of four Israelites and one Midianite
- חוֹרchôwr · H2355white linen
- חוּרִיChûwrîy · H2359Churi, an Israelite
- חוּרָםChûwrâm · H2361Churam, the name of an Israelite and two Syrians
- חֹרִיchôrîy · H2751white bread
- עַמִּיחוּרʻAmmîychûwr · H5991Ammichur, a Syrian prince
- תַּחֲרָאtachărâʼ · H8473a linen corslet (as white or hollow)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Esther 1:6 The courtyard was beautifully decorated with white cotton curtains and blue hangings, which were fastened with white linen cords and purple ribbons to silver rings embedded in marble pillars. Gold and silver couches stood on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
- Esther 8:15 Then Mordecai left the king’s presence, wearing the royal robe of blue and white, the great crown of gold, and an outer cloak of fine linen and purple. And the people of Susa celebrated the new decree.
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).