Lexical Definition

‎חוּר‎ chûwr (khoor) white ^H:N-M
from ‎חָוַר‎

white.

• white linen

1) white cloth, white stuff

See Greek: βύσσος · κοσμέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חוּר‎ noun [masculine] white stuff (dubious whether cotton or linen, compare ‎כַּרְפַּס‎), || ‎תְּכֵלֶת‎: — of Mordecai's garments ‎בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת תְּכֵלֶת וָחוּר‎ Esth 8:15a in a royal garment of violet and white stuff (compare ‎וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן‎ v^b); of furnishings of royal palace of Susa ‎כַּרְפַּס וּתְכֵלֶת אֶחוּז בְּחַבְלֵיבֿוּץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎וְאַרְגָּמָן‎ Esth 1:6 white stuff of fine linen (?) held fast by cords of byssus and purple.

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