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Strong's #2354 - חוּר
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- Hur = "hole"
- a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron
- grandfather of Bezaleel, the chief artificer of the tabernacle; possibly the same as 1 above
- the 4th of the 5 kings of Midian who were slain with Balaam after Peor
- father of Rephaiah in the time of Nehemiah
- father of Ben-Hur who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim
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1ᵐ5 Ωρ, named with Aaron as compan. of Moses Exodus 17:10,12; Exodus 24:14 (all E).
2 ᵐ5 Ωρ, a Judahite Exodus 31:2 = Exodus 35:30, compare Exodus 38:22 (all P) 1 Chronicles 2:19,20,50 (on divinity of verse see Be VB); also 1 Chronicles 4:1,4; 2 Chronicles 1:5.
3ᵐ5 Ουρ, a king of Midian Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21 (both P).
4 ᵐ5 L Εουρ (B omitted) head of fam. of returned exiles Nehemiah 3:9.
5בֶּןחֿוּר officer of Song of Solomon 1Kings 4:8, see below בֵּן p. 122.
III. חוּר = חֻר see below III. חרר.
חוּר an unused root, the meaning of which was that of hollowing, boring, as shewn by the derivatives חוֹר, חוּר No. II, a hole, a cavern, and the proper names חֹרִי, חַוְרָן; compare some of the derivatives of the root خار, as خَوْرَانُ foramen ani, خَوْرُ the mouth of a river, bay of the sea. Kindred roots are כּוּר and غَارَ; whence מְעוּרָה, مَغَارَةُ, غَارُ a cavern.
I. חוּר & חֻר m. white and fine linen, from the root חָוַר. LXX. βύσσος. Esther 1:6, 8:15.
II. חוּר m.
(1) i.q. חוֹר No. II, a hole, as that of a viper, Isaiah 11:8 used of an abominable subterranean prison (Germ. Loch), Isaiah 42:22. Root חוּר No. II.
(2) [Hur], pr.n. of several men
(a) of a Midianite king, Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21.
(b) of the husband of Miriam, the sister of Moses, [on what authority does this description of Hur rest?], Exodus 17:10, 24:14.
(c) 1 Chronicles 2:19, 50 1 Chronicles 2:50, 4:1, 1 Chronicles 4:4 compare 1 Chronicles 2:20; Exodus 31:2.
(d) Nehemiah 3:9.
(e) 1 Kings 4:8.
I. חוֹר i.q. חוּר No. I, white linen. Pl. חֹרַי (poet. for חֹרִים) cloths of linen or byssus, Isaiah 19:9. Allied to this are Arab. حَرِيرُ white silk, Ethiopic ሐሪር፡ cotton, according to Ludolf. Lex. Ethiop. page 36. Root חָוַר.
II. חוֹר m.
(1) a hole, 2 Kings 12:10 used of a window, [Is not this rather, a hole in a door?], Song of Solomon 5:4 of the cavity of the eye, Zechariah 14:12.
(2) a cavern, Job 30:6; 1 Samuel 14:11 of a den of wild beasts, Nahum 2:13. Root חוּר.
