Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6981: קוֹרֵא

Qôwrêʼ · pronounced ko-ray' · “Kore”

Definition

Kore, the name of two Israelites

KJV translates it as: Kore.

Word origin: or קֹרֵא; (1 Chronicles 26:1), active participle of H7121 (קָרָא); crier;

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.19;
son of: Ebiasaph (H0043);
brother of: Assir (H0617H); also called Korahite at 1Ch.26.19; 1x
§ Kore = "crier"
1) a Korahite Levite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David
2) a Levite, son of Imnah, in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6981 is translated

  • kore ×3

Bible verses with H6981 (Qôwrêʼ)

Qôwrêʼ appears in 3 verses.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:19

    And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:1

    Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:14

    And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.