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title: כֹּר — kōr · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֹּר (3734), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: kōr. BDB 1906: kōr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֹּר

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«כֹּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kōr** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 3734 · **BDB:** כֹּר

### Glosses

cor\[s\] (4); cors (3); cor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kōr [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3734/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

kōr [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3734/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] kōr, a measure (usually dry), = חֹמֶר (Ez 45:14 cf. v 11) (NH כּוֹר, Aramaic כּוֹרָא, ܟܽܘܪܳܐ; hence, as loan-words, Gk. κόρος, Arabic كُرٌّ Frä 207; √ dub.; כרה, LagOr. ii. 30, cf. Id. BN 40, 156; כרר, Nö ZMG 1886, xl. 734; DlProl. 113 comp. Assyrian kâru, and der. from כור (but see now kâru DlHWB 349));—כ׳ סֹלֶת 1 K 5:2; כ׳ קָ֑מַח v 2; of חִטִּים v 25 a; pl. כֹּרִים of ח׳ and שְׂעֹרִים 2 Ch 2:9(×2); 27:5; הַכֹּר as liquid measure (of oil) Ez 45:14. See further BenzArch. 183 ff. NowArch. i. 203, and, on capacity, v. iii. חֹמֶר p. 330 f. supr.; in 1 K 5:25b read בַּת שֶׁמֶן for MT כֹּר שׁ׳ (cf. 𝔊 and 2 Ch 2:9).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֹּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3734/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.2/)

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וַיְהִ֥י לֶֽחֶם־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְי֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים כֹּר֙ סֹ֔לֶת וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים כֹּ֖ר קָֽמַח׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.food of.Solomon for a.day one thirty cor\[s\] of.fine.flour and sixty cor\[s\] of.flour

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

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[Ezekiel 45:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.45.14/)

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וְחֹ֨ק הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן הַבַּ֣ת הַשֶּׁ֗מֶן מַעְשַׂ֤ר הַבַּת֙ מִן־הַכֹּ֔ר עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת הַבַּתִּ֖ים חֹ֑מֶר כִּֽי־עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת הַבַּתִּ֖ים חֹֽמֶר׃

*Word for word:* and the.prescribed.portion of the.oil the bath the oil \[will.be\].the.tenth.part of the.bath from the cor the.ten the baths \[are\].a.homer (dm) ten the baths \[are\].a.homer

*JPS 1917:* and the set portion of oil, the bath of oil, shall be the tithe of the bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; for ten baths are a homer;

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