Hebrew word · H2354

חוּר

chur

Hur

Appears 15 times in 15 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.17.10;

son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Ephrathah (H0672);

half-brother of: Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H0715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H);

father of: Uri (H0221), Shobal (H7732H), Salma (H8007H), Hareph (H2780), Jezreel (H3157J), Ishma (H3457), Idbash (H3031), Hazzelelponi (H6753), Penuel (H6439H) and Ezer (H5829)

§ Hur = "hole"

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Exodus · 6
  1. Exodus 17:10 וְח֔וּר and Hur

    Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

    Here: This is Hur's first appearance. He is clearly a senior figure, since in Exodus 24:14 he and Aaron are left in charge of the people. The text never explains who he is, and later tradition filled the gap (see debates).

  2. Exodus 17:12 וְח֜וּר and Hur

    When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

    Here: Hur appears here for the first time. In 24:14 he again stands beside Aaron as a leader of the people while Moses is up the mountain.

  3. Exodus 24:14 וְחוּר֙ and Hur

    And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

  4. Exodus 31:2 ח֖וּר Hur

    “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

  5. Exodus 35:30 ח֖וּר Hur

    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

  6. Exodus 38:22 ח֖וּר Hur

    Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

Numbers · 1
  1. Numbers 31:8 חוּר֙ Hur

    Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

    Here: Hur, a Midianite chief. He is not the Israelite Hur who held up Moses' arms in Exodus 17. The name was common in the region.

Joshua · 1
  1. Joshua 13:21 חוּר֙ Hur

    all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

1 Chronicles · 5
  1. 1 Chronicles 2:19 חֽוּר׃ Hur

    When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:20 וְחוּר֙ and Hur

    Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

  3. 1 Chronicles 2:50 ח֖וּר Hur

    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

  4. 1 Chronicles 4:1 וְח֥וּר and Hur

    The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  5. 1 Chronicles 4:4 חוּר֙ Hur

    Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

    Here: The son of Caleb and Ephrath (1 Chronicles 2:19, 50). He is the head of a major Judahite clan whose branches settled the area around Bethlehem.

2 Chronicles · 1
  1. 2 Chronicles 1:5 ח֔וּר Hur

    But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.

Nehemiah · 1
  1. Nehemiah 3:9 ח֔וּר Hur

    Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;

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