Lexical Definition

‎כֹּר‎ kôr (kore) kor ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎כּוּר‎

cor, measure. Aramaic the same.

• properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry

1) kor, a measure (usually dry)
1a) a dry or liquid measure equal to 10 ephahs or baths
1a1) a dry measure containing 6.25 bushels (220 l)
1a2) a liquid measure of 58 gallons (263 l)

See Greek: κόρος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: kor (‎כ‎ּ‎ו‎ֹ‎ר‎ "kor" כֹּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כֹּר‎ noun [masculine] kor, a measure (usually dry), = ‎חֹמֶר‎ (Ezek 45:14 compare vEzek 45:11) (Late Hebrew ‎כּוֺר‎, Aramaic ‎כּוֺרָא‎, hence, as loan-words, Greek κόρος, Arabic Frä²⁰⁷; √ dubious; ‎כרה‎, Lag^{Or. ii. 30}, compare Id^{BN 40, 156}; ‎כרר‎, Nö^{ZMG 1886, xi, 734}; Dl^{Prol. 113} compare Assyrian kâry, and derived from ‎כור‎ (but see now kâru Dl^{HWB 349})); — ‎סֹלֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 5:2* ‎קָ֑מַח‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ v.1Kgs 4:2 of ‎חִטִּים‎ v.1Kgs 5:25* a; plural ‎כֹּרִים‎ of ‎׳‎‎ח‎ and ‎שְׂעֹרִים‎ 2Chr 2:9* (twice in verse); 2Chr 27:5 ‎הַכֹּר‎ as liquid measure (of oil) Ezek 45:14. See further Benz^{Archaeology 183 ff.} Now^{Archaeology i. 203, and, on capacity}, see III. ‎חֹמֶר‎ f. above; in 1Kgs 5:25* b read ‎בַּת שֶׁמֶן‎ for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎כֹּר שׁ‎ (compare ᵐ5. and 2Chr 2:9*).

[‎כּוֺר‎] noun [masculine] kôr, a measure of wheat (Biblical Hebrew ‎כֹּר‎); — plural absolute ‎כּוֺרִין‎ Ezra 7:22.

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