chur · Hur

What it means

chur (חוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hur”.

A name borne by several men, among them the man of the tribe of Judah who, with Aaron, held up the hands of Moses (Exodus 17:12), and a king of Midian (Numbers 31:8).

How to say it

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.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×6
• Numbers×1
• Joshua×1
• 1 Chronicles×5
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1

• Exodus 17:10

  Joshua did as Moses told him, to fight against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

• Exodus 17:12

  But Moses’ hands grew heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the setting of the sun.

• Exodus 24:14

  To the elders he said, “Wait for us here until we return to you. Look, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a matter, let him go to them.”

• Exodus 31:2

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

• Exodus 35:30

  And Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, YHWH has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

• Exodus 38:22

  And Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Numbers 31:8

  And the kings of Midian they killed along with their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor they killed with the sword.

• Joshua 13:21

  and all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck, him and the chiefs of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

• 1 Chronicles 2:19

  And Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.

• 1 Chronicles 2:20

  And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

• 1 Chronicles 2:50

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

• 1 Chronicles 4:1

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

• 1 Chronicles 4:4

  And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

• 2 Chronicles 1:5

  And the altar of bronze that Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, he had put before the dwelling of YHWH; and Solomon and the assembly consulted it.

• Nehemiah 3:9

  And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.