Tor תּוֹר
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| תּוֹר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tor |
| Strong's number | H8447 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | plait |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Esther (2) |
Tor (Hebrew תּוֹר, Strong's H8447) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “plait”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) circlet, plait, turn (of hair or gold)
2) (CLBL) succession, order
2) (CLBL) succession, order
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | turn (2), rows (1), borders (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | ornaments (2), turn (1), it was her turn (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 2:12Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
- Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
- Song of Solomon 1:11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
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).