Hebrew word · H6981

קוֹרֵא

kore'

Kore

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.19;

son of: Ebiasaph (H0043);

brother of: Assir (H0617H); also called Korahite at 1Ch.26.19; 1x

§ Kore = "crier"

1) a Korahite Levite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David

2) a Levite, son of Imnah, in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

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

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:19 ק֠וֹרֵא Kore

    Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

  2. 1 Chronicles 26:1 קֹרֵ֖א Kore

    These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:14 וְקוֹרֵ֨א and Kore

    Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.