Senses
1. cor (unit of dry measure) — The noun kor meaning 'cor' — a large unit of dry measure equivalent to approximately 220 liters (about 6 bushels), used for measuring grain and other bulk commodities; Arabic كُرّ (kurr) 'cor'; Korean 코르 (koreu) 'cor'; Spanish coros 'cors'; Hindi कोर (kor) 'cor'; Swahili kori 'cor/measure.' All 8 occurrences refer to the identical unit of capacity, whether in plural construct (cors of), plural absolute (cors), or singular with article (the cor). The articled singular form ha-kor (1x) is simply a determined variant of the same measurement noun. Used in 1 Kgs 5:2,25 [Heb 5:2,11] and Ezek 45:14 for quantities of wheat, barley, and oil in royal provisions and temple regulations. 8×
AR["الْ-كُرِّ","كُرًا","كُرَّ","كُرِّ","كُورًا","كُورُ"]·ben["কোর","ষাট"]·DE["Widder","cors"]·EN["cors","kors-of","the-cor"]·FR["béliers","cors","mesure"]·heb["ה-כור","כור","כרים"]·HI["कोर"]·ID["kor"]·IT["[הכר]","arieti","cor"]·jav["kor","kor-"]·KO["고르들","고르의","그-코르","코르"]·PT["cores","coros-de","o-coro"]·RU["кора","коров"]·ES["coros","el-cor"]·SW["elfu","ishirini","kori","na-kori","thelathini"]·TR["kor","kor'dan"]·urd["کور"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כֹּר n.[m.] kōr, a measure (usually dry), = חֹמֶר (Ez 45:14 cf. v 11) (NH כּוֹר, Aramaic כּוֹרָא, ܟܽܘܪܳܐ; hence, as loan-words, Gk. κόρος, Arabic كُرٌّ Frä 207; √ dub.; כרה, LagOr. ii. 30, cf. Id. BN 40, 156; כרר, Nö ZMG 1886, xl. 734; DlProl. 113 comp. Assyrian kâru, and der. from כור (but see now kâru DlHWB 349));—כ׳ סֹלֶת 1 K 5:2; כ׳ קָ֑מַח v 2; of חִטִּים v 25 a; pl. כֹּרִים of ח׳ and…