cor (3)

[Heb. kor, from karar =to a ume the form of a circle or sphere, to be round. Cor therefore is so called from the circular form of the ve el in which the measurement was made.] A Hebrew measure of capacity, containing 11 bushels; a homer or omer. Cor occurs in Ezek. xlv. 14. In the original it is found also in 1 Kings iv. 22, v. always translated "measure.' 11; 2 Chron. ii. 10, xxvii. 5;, Ezra vii. 22, being The Hebrew cor ( kor ) has had a igned it as its Greek equivalent koros, which occurs in Luke xvi. 7, where it is rendered measures. "Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor , which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer." Ezek. xlv. 14.