Kore — the meaning of the Hebrew name קוֹרֵא

קוֹרֵא

Qôwrêʼ · pronounced ko-ray' · Strong's H6981 · a man

Kore means crier.

Built from

קָרָא qârâʼ (active participle of, H7121) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or קֹרֵא; (1 Chronicles 26:1), active participle of H7121; crier; Kore, the name of two Israelites.

First appearance

1Chr 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Kore

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

1Chr 9:191Chr 26:12Chr 31:14

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