קֹרַחQôrach

Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites

Pronunciation: ko'rakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7141

Meanings

1. Edomite name

2. Levite, rebel against Moses (Numbers 16:1; Numbers 26:9; Numbers 26:10)

3. a 'son' of Hebron, i.e. Judahite clan (1 Chronicles 2:43)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 37 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 36:5 Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
  • Genesis 36:14 Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
  • Genesis 36:16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
  • Genesis 36:18 The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • Exodus 6:21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri.
  • Exodus 6:24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their descendants became the clans of Korah.
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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).