Hur (Numbers 31:8)
The name Hur means “liberty; whiteness; hole.” Hur is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Numbers 31:8.
Who was Hur?
One of the five princes of Midian who were defeated and slain by the Israelites under the command of Phinehas (Num. 31:8).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Hur
- Numbers 31:8
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Joshua 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.