Lexical Definition

‎חוּר‎ Chûwr (khoor) Hur ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎חוּר‎ or ‎חוּר‎

Hur.

• § Hur = "hole"
• Chur, the name of four Israelites and one Midianite

1) a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron
2) grandfather of Bezaleel, the chief artificer of the tabernacle; possibly the same as 1 above
3) the 4th of the 5 kings of Midian who were slain with Balaam after Peor
4) father of Rephaiah in the time of Nehemiah
5) father of Ben-Hur who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בֶּן־חוּר | חוּר

II. ‎חוּר‎ proper name, masculine (meaning dubious; compare Nabataean proper name ‎חורו‎ Nö in Eut^{p. 45}) —

1. ᵐ5 Ωρ, named with Aaron as compan. of Moses Exod 17:10; Exod 17:12; Exod 24:14 (all E).

2. ᵐ5 Ωρ, a Judahite Exod 31:2 = Exod 35:30, compare Exod 38:22 (all P) 1Chr 2:19; 1Chr 2:20; 1Chr 2:50 (on divinity of verse see Be VB); also 1Chr 4:1; 1Chr 4:4; 2Chr 1:5.

3. ᵐ5 Ουρ, a king of Midian Num 31:8; Josh 13:21 (both P).

4. ᵐ5^L Εουρ (B omitted) head of fam. of returned exiles Neh 3:9.

5. ‎בֶּןחֿוּר‎ officer of Solomon 1Kgs 4:8, see below ‎בֵּן‎ p. 122.

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