חֹרֵשׁ
choresh · craftsman
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2794 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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choresh (חֹרֵשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “craftsman”.
Who works metal, wood, or stone; also what he makes.
How to say it
cho·resh
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who works metals skillfully.
- A metal tool forged with fire and hammer.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- tool ×1
- worker ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also, gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of every tool of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- 1 Kings 7:14
He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and knowledge to do every work in bronze. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work.