חֹר
chor (H2356)
hole
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "chor" (H2356), with a short definition of "hole," appears seven times in the Bible. Its meaning is literal, referring to an opening or void in a physical object, such as a tree or a rock. This word describes a specific, tangible entity rather than an abstract concept or a figurative space. The word "chor" is used in a range of contexts, including describing natural phenomena like hollowed-out areas in trees (Isa 1:8) and man-made objects such as cracks in rocks or stones. This suggests that the word "chor" is used to convey a sense of physical inadequacy or lack in a given object. Given its specific and literal meaning, the word "chor" does not carry significant symbolic or metaphorical weight in the Bible. However, it does contribute to a broader understanding of the natural world and the physical characteristics of objects within that world, providing a more detailed and nuanced view of the authors' descriptions.
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Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, “Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!”
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into Yahweh’s house; and the priests who kept the threshold put all the money that was brought into Yahweh’s house into it.
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.