תּוֹרtôwr

plait, turn (Song of Solomon 1:10; Song of Solomon 1:11; Esther 2:12; Esther 2:15; 1 Chronicles 17:17)

Pronunciation: tore · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8447

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Esther 2:12 Before each young woman was taken to the king’s bed, she was given the prescribed twelve months of beauty treatments—six months with oil of myrrh, followed by six months with special perfumes and ointments.
  • Esther 2:15 Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai’s uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther’s turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her.
  • Song of Solomon 1:10 How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.
  • Song of Solomon 1:11 We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.

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).