H2353 — חוּר (chuwr)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H2353
Original: חוּר
Transliteration: chûwr
Pronunciation: khoor
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: from H2357 חָוַר (chavar) — to blanch, be white
Occurrences: 2 unique verses (2 tokens) in OT
First Occurrence: Est 1:6 — "[Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble"
Hapax Legomenon: No (appears twice)

Lexicon Definition¶

From H2357; white linen. KJV translation: white.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
white	1	50%
and white	1	50%

Both occurrences render the word as "white" in the KJV, describing a white fabric or material.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Esther	2	1.2

Confined entirely to the book of Esther, both occurrences within the Persian court setting of Shushan.

Semantic Categories¶

1. White Court Hangings / Decorative Fabric¶

Est 1:6 — "[Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble."

Used alongside karpas (H3768, green/cotton) and tekheleth (blue) to describe the lavish fabric hangings in the garden court of King Ahasuerus's palace during his feast.

2. White Royal Apparel¶

Est 8:15 — "And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad."

Paired with tekheleth (blue) to describe the color of Mordecai's royal garments, alongside buwts (H948, fine linen) and argaman (purple). Here chuwr denotes the white color/material component of the royal vestments, distinct from buwts which specifies the textile type.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
כַּרְפַּס (karpas)	H3768	1x	Listed alongside chuwr as court fabrics (Est 1:6)
כֶּסֶף (keseph)	H3701	1x	Silver rings/beds in same palatial setting
לְבוּשׁ (lebuwsh)	H3830	1x	"royal apparel" — chuwr as color of the garment (Est 8:15)
מֶלֶךְ (melek)	H4428	1x	Royal context — king's palace, king's presence
מׇרְדְּכַי (Mordekai)	H4782	1x	Mordecai wearing chuwr royal garments
עֲטָרָה (atarah)	H5850	1x	Crown of gold alongside white apparel
עַמּוּד (ammuwd)	H5982	1x	Pillars of marble supporting white hangings
דַּר (dar)	H1858	1x	Mother-of-pearl pavement in same setting

All collocations reflect the Persian court luxury context of Esther.

Word Family / Cognates¶

H2357 חָוַר (chavar) — root verb: to blanch, wax pale (Isa 29:22)
H2355 חוֹר (chowr) — white linen / network (Isa 19:9); same root, alternate vocalization
H2358 חִוָּר (chivvar) — (Aramaic) white; from the corresponding Aramaic root (Dan 7:9 — the white garment of the Ancient of Days)

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
לָבָן (laban)	H3836	"white" (29x)	General adjective for the color white — skin, hair, animals, stones. Chuwr denotes specifically white fabric/linen.
בּוּץ (buwts)	H948	Co-occurs in Est 8:15	Buwts = fine linen as a textile type; chuwr = white color/material. Both appear in Est 8:15 describing different aspects of Mordecai's garments.
בַּד (bad)	H906	Both describe white linen	Bad = priestly/liturgical linen (Levitical); chuwr = Persian court white linen (Esther only).
שֵׁשׁ (shesh)	H8336	Both describe fine white fabric	Shesh = fine bleached linen for tabernacle and glory garments (37x); chuwr = white material in Persian court context (2x).
חִוָּר (chivvar)	H2358	"white"	Aramaic cognate; chivvar describes the white of the Ancient of Days' garment in Dan 7:9. Same root family, different language register.

LXX Mapping¶

No LXX alignments found in the database for H2353. The Septuagint rendering of the Esther passages varies across manuscript traditions (the LXX Esther text has significant additions and divergences from the Masoretic text).