First name Hur in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Hur is the name of the supported Moses' hands during the battle against Amalek at Rephidim (EXO 17:10-12), as well as name of King of Midian (NUM 31:8) and official of half the district of Jerusalem and father of Rephaiah (NEH 3:9). Meaning of the name: liberty; whiteness; hole. Related names are: Moses, Uri, Bezaleel . The translations of Hur in 25 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Koh in Spanish to Hui in Malay!
Wear it!So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. (EXO 17:10)
But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. (EXO 17:12)
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. (EXO 24:14)
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: (EXO 31:2)
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (EXO 35:30)
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. (EXO 38:22)
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (NUM 31:8)
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. (JOS 13:21)
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: (1KI 4:8)
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. (1CH 2:19)
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. (1CH 2:20)
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, (1CH 2:50)
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. (1CH 4:1)
And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. (1CH 4:4)
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. (2CH 1:5)
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. (NEH 3:9)