H2715 H2715
Nobles, leading men — the patrician ruling class, especially of postexilic Judah alongside the officials
A late term for the hereditary aristocracy, appearing almost exclusively in Nehemiah where it designates the 'nobles' who, together with the seganim ('officials'), constituted the governing elite of postexilic Jerusalem. Nehemiah both relies on and rebukes them — they help rebuild the walls (Neh 4:14, 19) yet also intermarry with Tobiah's family (6:17) and exploit the poor (5:7). Earlier uses place nobles in Naboth's city (1 Kgs 21:8, 11), in Jeremiah's Judean court (Jer 27:20; 39:6), and in Edom's doomed leadership (Isa 34:12). German 'Edler' and Spanish 'nobles' capture the social rank precisely.
Senses
1. nobles, leading men — Members of the hereditary ruling class, nobles or patricians who hold social rank and political authority. Concentrated in Nehemiah (2:16; 4:8, 14, 19; 5:7; 6:17; 7:5; 13:17), where they appear paired with seganim ('officials') as co-leaders of the postexilic community. Also attested in the monarchic period for the elites of Naboth's city (1 Kgs 21:8, 11), the Judean nobility exiled by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer 27:20; 39:6), Edom's rulers (Isa 34:12), and in wisdom reflection (Eccl 10:17). 13×
AR["أُشْرَافُهَا","ال-أشْرافِ","الأَشْرَافِ","الأُمَراءَ","الْعُظَماءَ","حُورِيم","شُرَفَاءِ","عُظَماءُ","عُظَمَاءَ","عُظَمَاءِ","وَ-ال-أشْرافُ","وَ-لِـ-الأَشْرَافِ"]·ben["-অভিজাতদের","অভিজাতদের","অভিজাতদের-","এবং-অভিজাতেরা","এবং-সম্ভ্রান্তদেরকে","তার-অভিজাতরা","প্রধানদের","প্রধানেরা","সম্ভ্রান্তদের"]·DE["Edler","[חרי]","[חריה]","der-nobles","und-Edler","und-der-nobles"]·EN["Her-nobles","and-the-nobles","and-to-the-nobles","nobles","nobles-of","the-nobles","the-nobles-of"]·FR["[חרי]","[חריה]","et-le-nobles","et-noble","le-nobles","noble","חורים"]·heb["ה-חורים","ה-חרים","ו-ה-חורים","ו-ל-ה-חרים","חורי","חוריה","חורים","חרי"]·HI["उसके-सरदार","और-रईसों-को","और-श्रेष्ठों-ने","कुलीनों-का","प्रधान","प्रधानों","रईसों","श्रेष्ठों","श्रेष्ठों-के-पास","श्रेष्ठों-को"]·ID["Para-bangsawannya","anak","bangsawan","bangsawan-bangsawan","dan-kepada-pemuka-pemuka","dan-para-bangsawan","para-bangsawan","pemuka-pemuka"]·IT["[חרי]","[חריה]","e-il-nobili","e-nobile","il-nobili","nobile","nobles"]·jav["lan-dhateng-para-priyayi","lan-para-tawangmangsaning","para-luhur-piyambakipun","para-pangageng","para-pangagengipun","para-priyayi","para-tawangmangsaning","tiyang-inggil","tiyang-luhur"]·KO["귀족들-의","귀족들과","귀족들을","귀족들이","그-귀족들","그-귀족들과","그-귀족들은","그리고-귀족들","그리고-에게-그-귀족들"]·PT["e-os-nobres","e-para-os-nobres","nobres-de","nobres-de-","nobres-dela","os-nobres","é-filho-de"]·RU["Знать-её","благородных,","вельмож","знатные","знатным","знатных","знать","и-знатные","и-знатным"]·ES["Sus-nobles","los-nobles","nobles","nobles-de","y-a-los-nobles","y-los-nobles"]·SW["Wakuu-wake","na-kwa-wakuu","na-wakuu","wakuu","wakuu-wa"]·TR["Soyluleri","soylu-larını","soylualarını","soylulara","soylularin","soyluları","soylularını-","soyulara","ve-soylular","ve-soylulara"]·urd["امراء","اور-رئیسوں-نے","اور-کو-رئیسوں","اُس-کے-شرفاء","بزرگوں-کو","رئیسوں","رئیسوں-کے","شریفوں","شریفوں-کا","یہوداہ-کے-بزرگ"]
1 Kgs 21:8, 1 Kgs 21:11, Neh 2:16, Neh 4:14, Neh 4:19, Neh 5:7, Neh 6:17, Neh 7:5, Neh 13:17, Eccl 10:17, Isa 34:12, Jer 27:20 (+1 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [חֹר] n.m. 1 K 21:8 noble, late, especially Neh., v. DrIntr. 519 n. (v. LagBN 32) cf. NöZMG lvii (1903), 416.—only pl. חֹרִים 1 K 21:8 + 6 times, חוֹרִים Ec 10:17, Ne 6:17 + 3 times; sf. חֹרֶיהָ Is 34:12;—nobles in Naboth’s city 1 K 21:8, 11; nobles of Judah, חֹרֵי יְהוּדָה 6:17; 13:17 Je 27:20; 39:6 Ne 6:17; 13:17, הח׳ והסגנים (in Jerusalem) Ne 2:16; 4:8, 13; 5:7; 7:5, Ec 10:17, of Edom Is 34:12.—i. חֹר, v. ii. חור.