חֹרchôr

nobles (1 Kings 21:8; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Nehemiah 6:17; Isaiah 34:12; 1 Kings 21:11)

Pronunciation: khore · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2715

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived.
  • 1 Kings 21:11 So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.
  • Nehemiah 2:16 The city officials did not know I had been out there or what I was doing, for I had not yet said anything to anyone about my plans. I had not yet spoken to the Jewish leaders—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or anyone else in the administration.
  • Nehemiah 4:14 Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”
  • Nehemiah 4:19 Then I explained to the nobles and officials and all the people, “The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.
  • Nehemiah 5:7 After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
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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).