Kore

In Bible versions:

Kore: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Ebiasaph; a Levite gatekeeper whose descendants returned from exile
son of Imnah; keeper of the gate, and overseer of free will offerings under Hezekiah

Hebrew

Strongs #06981: arwq Qowre' or arq Qore' (\\#1Ch 26:1\\)

Kore = "crier"

1) a Korahite Levite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief
porters in the reign of David
2) a Levite, son of Imnah, in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

6981 Qowre' ko-ray'

or Qore7 (1 Chronicles 26:1) {ko-ray'}; active participle of
7121; crier; Kore, the name of two Israelites:-Kore.
see HEBREW for 0Qore7
see HEBREW for 07121

Kore [EBD]

partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1).

(2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of the temple (2 Chr. 31:14).

(3.) In 1 Chr. 26:19 the word should be "Korahites," as in the Revised Version.

Kore [NAVE]

KORE
1. A Korahite, 1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1.
2. A Levite, keeper of the east gate, 2 Chr. 31:14.

KORE [SMITH]

(partridge).

1. A Korahite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 9:19; 26:1) (B.C. 1014.)
2. Son of Imnah, a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. He had charge of the offerings. (2 Chronicles 31:14) (B.C. 726.)
3. In the Authorized Version of (1 Chronicles 26:19) "the sons of Kore" (following the Vulgate Core) should properly be "the sons of the Korhite."

KORE [ISBE]

KORE - ko-'re (qore, "one who proclaims"):

(1) A Levite of David's time, descended from Kohath and Korah. See KORAH, 4. Shallum, Chief doorkeeper in the latest Bible times, is described as "the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah" (1 Ch 9:19). This expression omits the generations between Shallum and Kore, and those between Kore and Ebidsaph, perhaps 15 generations or more in each case. The context supplies two of the omitted names, of the time of David, Meshelemiah and his son Zechariah (1 Ch 9:21,22). The record for the time of David mentions these two, with some particulars, calling Meshelemiah the son of Kore (1 Ch 26:1,2,9,14). It describes them as "Korahites" "of the sons of Asaph." It is usual to regard this last clause as a variant for "the son of Ebiasaph," thus making the description identical with that in 1 Ch 9:19. With this understanding, the text claims that "the Korahites," Kore and Meshelemiah and Zechariah, come midway in a line of sanctuary ministrants, extending continuously from Moses to Nehemiah.

(2) "The son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate," who "was over the freewill-offerings," in the time of Hezekiah (2 Ch 31:14). Very likely in the same line with (1) above.

(3) In 1 Ch 26:1 the King James Version for KORAHITES (which see).

Willis J. Beecher