Definition

properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)

Etymology

or (fully) חוֹר; from H2787 (חָרַר); (compare H2751 (חֹרִי))

Where the KJV renders it

• noble

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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