Kur (כור) means crucible in Hebrew.
It can also mean fining pot, furnace, melting pot, smelting pot, and forge. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
crucible, fining pot, furnace, melting pot
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kur.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מטלורגיהכלי קיבול או תנור המשמש להתכה ולזיקוק של זהב.
בֶּן אָדָם הָיוּ לִי בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל לְסִיג כֻּלָּם נְחֹשֶׁת וּבְדִיל וּבַרְזֶל וְעוֹפֶרֶת בְּתוֹךְ כּוּר סִגִים כֶּסֶף הָיוּ.
- 2בהשאלהנסיבות קשות אשר גורמות סבל לאדם או אשר הובאו על האדם כעונש מאלוהים..
וְאֶתְכֶם לָקַח יְהוָה וַיּוֹצִא אֶתְכֶם מִכּוּר הַבַּרְזֶל מִמִּצְרָיִם לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם נַחֲלָה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kur is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כּוּר
- Written without vowel points
- כור
- Said
- kur
- Root
- כ־ו־ר
- Plural
- כּוּרִים
- Inflections
- ר' כּוּרִים
- Gematria
- 226
This is how Kur is said in other languages.
- English
- crucible, fining pot, furnace, melting pot, smelting pot, forge, reactor
These words mean nearly the same as Kur.
- כור-יציקה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Kur.
The word Kur is part of these phrases and sayings.
- כור אש
- כור-בקוע
- כור גרעיני
- כור-דגירה
- כור התוך
- כור התוך משלש
- כור-כלאים
- כור סולרי
- כור תרמי
- לבת-כור
- כור מחצבתו
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kur comes from the root כ־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Kur in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kur.
What does Kur (כור) mean in Hebrew?
Kur (כור) means crucible, fining pot, and furnace. It is said kur, with the stress on kur.
What is a synonym for Kur (כור)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kur (כור) are כור-יציקה.
What rhymes with Kur (כור)?
Words that rhyme with Kur (כור) include כדור, יצור, דיבור, ציבור, אור, and אור.
Is Kur (כור) masculine or feminine?
The word Kur (כור) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כּוּרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כור of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.