כֹּר

כֹּר noun [masculine] kor, a measure (usually dry), = חֹמֶר (Ezk 45,14 compare vEzk 45,11) (Late Hebrew כּוֺר, Aramaic כּוֺרָא, hence, as loan-words, Greek κόρος, Arabic Frä²⁰⁷; √ dubious; כרה, Lag^{Or. ii. 30}, compare Id^{BN 40, 156}; כרר, Nö^{ZMG 1886, xi, 734}; Dl^{Prol. 113} compare Assyrian kâry, and derived from כור (but see now kâru Dl^{HWB 349})); — סֹלֶת ׳כ 1 Kong 5,2 קָ֑מַח ׳כ v.1 Kong 4,2 of חִטִּים v.1 Kong 5,25 a; plural כֹּרִים of ׳ח and שְׂעֹרִים 2 Kron 2,9 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 27,5 הַכֹּר as liquid measure (of oil) Ezk 45,14. See further Benz^{Archaeology 183 ff.} Now^{Archaeology i. 203, and, on capacity}, see III. חֹמֶר f. above; in 1 Kong 5,25 b read בַּת שֶׁמֶן for ᵑ0 ׳כֹּר שׁ (compare ᵐ5. and 2 Kron 2,9).