Κορέ G2879
Korah, Israelite rebel against Moses (Numbers 16)
Jude warns that false teachers have 'perished in Korah's rebellion' (Jude 11), referencing the Numbers 16 account of Levitical insurrection. Korah led a revolt against Moses and Aaron's authority, claiming that all Israel was equally holy. God's judgment was dramatic: the earth opened and swallowed the rebels. Jude sees a pattern—challenging divinely appointed leadership leads to destruction. The name itself becomes shorthand for presumptuous rebellion against God's order.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jude's triple condemnation ('Cain's way... Balaam's error... Korah's rebellion') places false teachers in the worst biblical company. Korah's story warns against rejecting legitimate spiritual authority. The multilingual witnesses transliterate the Hebrew name with slight variations. Jude's point is typological: the earth swallowed Korah; destruction awaits modern rebels. The genitive form emphasizes possession—this is Korah's distinctive rebellion, his legacy. 1×
amh["ቆሬ"]·AR["قورح"]·ben["কোরহের"]·ces["Kóracha"]·dan["Kora"]·DE["Korach"]·ell["Κορέ"]·EN["Kore"]·FR["Coré"]·guj["કોરાહના"]·hat["Kore"]·hau["Kora"]·heb["של-קרח"]·HI["कोरह-के"]·hun["Kórénak"]·ID["Korah"]·IT["Core"]·jav["Korè"]·JA["コラ"]·KO["고라의"]·mar["कोरहाच्या"]·mya["ကောရ"]·nld["Korach"]·nor["Korahs"]·pnb["قورح-دی"]·pol["Korego"]·PT["Coré"]·ron["Core"]·RU["Корея"]·ES["Koré"]·SW["Kora"]·swe["Kora"]·tam["கோராகின்"]·tel["కోరహు"]·tgl["Kore"]·TH["โคราห์"]·TR["Korah'"]·ukr["Корея"]·urd["قورح"]·VI["Cô-rê"]·yor["Kórà"]·yue["可拉-嘅"]·ZH["可拉"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Κορέ indecl. (in FlJ, -έου), ὁ (Heb. קֶרַח) Korah: Ju 11.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)