חוֹרchôwr
hole (2 Kings 12:10; Ezekiel 8:7; Song of Solomon 5:4; 1 Samuel 14:11; Job 30:6)
Pronunciation: khore · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2356
Same root
- חוּרchûwr · H2352the crevice of a serpent; the cell of aprison
- בֵּית חוֹרוֹןBêyth Chôwrôwn · H1032Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
- חֹר הַגִּדְגָּדChôr hag-Gidgâd · H2735Chor-hag-Gidgad, a place in the Desert
- חֹרִיChôrîy · H2752a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean
- חֹרֹנַיִםChôrônayim · H2773Choronajim, a place in Moab
- פִּי הַחִירֹתPîy ha-Chîyrôth · H6367Pi-ha-Chiroth, a place in Egypt
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 14:11 When the Philistines saw them coming, they shouted, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of their holes!”
- 2 Kings 12:9 Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the Lord. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people’s contributions into the chest.
- Job 30:6 So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.
- Song of Solomon 5:4 My lover tried to unlatch the door, and my heart thrilled within me.
- Ezekiel 8:7 Then he brought me to the door of the Temple courtyard, where I could see a hole in the wall.
- Nahum 2:12 The lion tore up meat for his cubs and strangled prey for his mate. He filled his den with prey, his caverns with his plunder.
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).