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חֹרִי

𐤇𐤓𐤉

Chori

H2753 noun

SILEX Entry

Root חור hole, cave, to bore, to pierce

Definition

Personal name designating two distinct individuals within biblical genealogies: (1) a son of Lotan, chief of a clan within the Seirite (Horite) peoples living in the hill country of Seir (Genesis 36:22, 29; 1 Chronicles 1:39), and (2) a Judahite, father of Shaphat, one of the Israelite spies sent into Canaan (Numbers 13:5). The name likely denotes affiliation with the Horite peoples or derives from the root meaning 'hole' or 'cave,' reflecting either a literal or an ancestral association with cave-dwelling.

Semantic Range

(1) Personal name connected to the Horites, (2) possible etymological meaning 'cave-dweller,' (3) representative of clan or ethnic identity, (4) personal name without specific lexical content in late contexts

Root / Etymology

From the root חור ('ḥ-w-r'), meaning 'hole' or 'cave.' The name may suggest 'cave-dweller' or affiliation with the Horites, who were known as mountainous cave-dwelling inhabitants of Seir. The vocalization of the two spellings (חֹרִי / חוֹרִי) is essentially identical, representing the same name.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The name חֹרִי occurs for two individuals: (1) a member of the indigenous Seirite population (the Horites), emphasizing ethnic or geographic association with the ancient inhabitants of Seir prior to Edomite settlement and (2) a Judahite individual in the wilderness period. Later traditions sometimes use 'Horite' generically for ancient cave-dwellers or tribal groups in that region, but the biblical occurrences are more specific. English tradition (following KJV) transliterates as 'Hori,' which loses the geographic/ethnic connotations of the Hebrew. The English term 'Horite' can refer either to the people group or to individuals with this name; context clarifies which is meant. The meaning 'hole-dweller' is inferred from the root, although the personal name itself carries no lexical meaning beyond affiliation.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

or חוֹרִי; the same as חֹרִי; Chori, the name of two men; Hori.

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Root Family

חור (ḥ-w-r) — hole, cave, to bore, to pierce

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1032 בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Horon
H1133 בֶּן־חוּר Chur
H2352 חוּר Holes
H2353 חוּר Chur
H2354 חוּר Chur

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H2753-01 חֹרִ֣י chori HNp Hori Cave-dweller 3
H2753-02 הַ/חֹרִ֛י hachori HTd/Ngmsa the Horite the cave-dweller 1

Occurrences in Scripture

4 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H2753-01 Genesis 36:22 חֹרִ֣י chori HNp Hori Cave-dweller
H2753-02 Genesis 36:30 הַ/חֹרִ֛י hachori HTd/Ngmsa the Horite the cave-dweller
H2753-01 Numbers 13:5 חוֹרִֽי chori HNp Hori Cave-dweller
H2753-01 1 Chronicles 1:39 חֹרִ֣י chori HNp Hori Cave-dweller
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