Chur חוּר
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| חוּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chur |
| Strong's number | H2353 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | white |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Chur (Hebrew חוּר, Strong's H2353) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “white”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
white cloth, white stuff
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | white (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | white (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Chur, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 1:6Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
- Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).