Chûwr — H2352

Definition

masculine noun

the crevice of a serpent; the cell of aprison

1. hole

Usually translated as

hole

Origin

or (shortened) chur; from an unused root probably meaning to bore

Occurrences

Chûwr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (2)

• Isaiah 11:8 — And the sucking child shall play on the hole (חֻ֣ר) of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
• Isaiah 42:22 — But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes (בַּֽחוּרִים֙), and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.