Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2353 - חוּר chur

Original Word:	חוּר
Transliteration:	chur
Phonetic Spelling:	(khoor)
Definition:	white stuff
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

white linen

From chavar; white linen -- white.

see HEBREW chavar

Englishman's Concordance

1) white cloth, white stuff
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2357
Same Word by TWOT Number: 630a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. חוּרnoun [masculine]white stuff (dubious whether cotton or linen, compare כַּרְמַּס), "" תְּכֵלֶת: — of Mordecai's garments בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת תְּכֵלֶת וָחוּרEsther 8:15a in a royal garment of violet and white stuff (compare וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן v^b); of furnishings of royal palace of Susa כַּרְמַּס וּתְכֵלֶת אֶחוּז בְּחַבְלֵיבֿוּץ׳חוְאַרְגָּמָןEsther 1:6white stuff of fine linen (?) held fast by cords of byssus and purple.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2353. חוּר (chur) — 2 Occurrences

Esther 1:6
HEB: ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת
NAS: [There were hangings of] fine white and violet
KJV:[Where were] white, green, and blue,
INT:white fine and violet

Esther 8:15
HEB:מַלְכוּת֙ תְּכֵ֣לֶת וָח֔וּר וַעֲטֶ֤רֶת זָהָב֙
NAS: of blue and white, with a large
KJV: of blue and white, and with a great
INT: royal of blue and white crown of gold

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