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"HUR" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "liberty", "whiteness", "hole". |
Date "HUR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
"HUR" is a common misspelling or typo for: her, hour, hub, hue, hug, hum, hurl, hurry, hurt, hut. |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Hur a hole, as of a viper, etc. (1.) A son of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:19, 50; 4:1, 4; comp. 2 Chr. 1:5). (2.) The husband of Miriam, Moses' sister (Ex. 17:10-12). He was associated with Aaron in charge of the people when Moses was absent on Sinai (Ex. 24:14). He was probably of the tribe of Judah, and grandfather of Bezaleel (Ex. 31:2; 35:30; 1 Chr. 2:19). (3.) One of the five princes of Midian who were defeated and slain by the Israelites under the command of Phinehas (Num. 31:8). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | HUR, Benjamin, chariot racer, actor. Appeared in all large cities, showed his noble figure, raced his horses, downed the villain, packed up, and moved to the next town. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HUR |
| Specialty definitions using "HUR": CLIX. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HUR" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (burn), Romany (donkey), Swedish (as, how, like, such as, what, where), Welsh (hire, wage). |
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Screenplays | Får se hur du ser ut i kungens lilla mössa! (Repmånad; writing credit: Bo Jonsson; Lars Molin) Tallroth hur tycker du jag ser ut i kronans kläder? (Repmånad; writing credit: Bo Jonsson; Lars Molin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ben Hur (2003) Hur Marie träffade Fredrik (1969) Ben Hur (1907) Hur det är (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Ben Hur chariot race / E. Cameron. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "HUR" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "HUR" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Unclassified Items | 13.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "HUR" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hur | Last name | 400 | 20,185 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "HUR": hur-hur-hur. | |
Ending with "HUR": Ben-hur, hur-hur-hur. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de proV auton egw o qeoV o exagagwn se ek cwraV caldaiwn wste dounai soi thn ghn tauthn klhronomhsai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixitque ad eum ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldeorum ut darem tibi terram istam et possideres eam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | God cwæð eft to Abrame, "Ic eom se God þe ðe lædde of ðæra Chaldeiscra Hur, þæt ic ðe þis land forgeafe to agenne." |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he seide to hym, I the Lord, that out lad thee fro Vr of Caldeis, that I shulde yyue to thee this lond, and thow shuldist haue it. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he said to him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya miingon kaniya: Ako mao si Jehova nga nagkuha kanimo sa Ur sa mga Caldehanon aron nga igahatag ko nga imong panulondon kining yutaa. |
| Croatian | Tada mu on reèe: "Ja sam Jahve koji sam te odveo iz Ura Kaldejskoga da ti predam ovu zemlju u posjed." |
| Danish | Derpå sagde han til ham: "Jeg er HERREN, som førte dig bort fra Ur Kasdim for at give dig dette Land i Eje!" |
| Dutch | Voorts zeide Hij tot hem: Ik ben de HEERE, Die u uitgeleid heb uit Ur der Chaldeen, om u dit land te geven, om dat erfelijk te bezitten. |
| Finnish | Ja hän sanoi hänelle: "Minä olen Herra, joka toin sinut Kaldean Uurista, antaakseni sinulle tämän maan omaksesi". |
| French | L`Éternel lui dit encore: Je suis l`Éternel, qui t`ai fait sortir d`Ur en Chaldée, pour te donner en possession ce pays. |
| German | Und er sprach zu ihm: Ich bin der HERR, der dich von Ur in Chaldäa ausgeführt hat, daß ich dir dies Land zu besitzen gebe. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Seyè a di. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki te fè ou soti lavil Our nan peyi Kalde a, pou m' te ka ba ou peyi sa a pou ou. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian TUHAN berkata lagi kepadanya, "Akulah TUHAN, yang telah memimpin engkau keluar dari negeri Ur di Babilonia, untuk memberikan tanah ini kepadamu menjadi milikmu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu firman Tuhan kepadanya: Bahwa Akulah Tuhan, yang telah mengantar akan dikau ke luar dari negeri Urkasdim hendak memberikan dikau tanah ini akan milikmu turun-temurun. |
| Italian | E gli disse: «Io sono il Signore che ti ho fatto uscire da Ur dei Caldei per darti in possesso questo paese». |
| Maori | ¶ I mea ano ia ki a ia, Ko Ihowa ahau, nana nei koe i kawe mai i Uru o nga Karari, kia hoatu ai ki a koe tenei whenua hei kainga pumau. |
| Norwegian | Og han sa til ham: Jeg er Herren, som førte dig ut fra Ur i Kaldea for å gi dig dette land til eie. |
| Portuguese | Disse-lhe mais: Eu sou o Senhor, que te tirei de Ur dos caldeus, para te dar esta terra em herança. |
| Rumanian | Domnul i -a mai zis: ,,Eu sknt Domnul, care te-am scos din Ur din Haldea, ca sq-yi dau kn stqpknire yara aceasta.`` |
| Swedish | Och han sade till honom: "Jag är HERREN, som har fört dig ut från det kaldeiska Ur för att giva dig detta land till besittning." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HUR": hurdies, hurdle, hurdled, hurdler, hurdlers, hurdles, hurdling, hurds, hurl, hurled, hurler, hurlers, hurley, hurleys, hurlies, hurling, hurlings, hurls, hurly, hurrah, hurrahed, hurrahing, hurrahs, hurray, hurrayed, hurraying, hurrays, hurricane, hurricanes, hurried, hurriedly, hurriedness, hurriednesses, hurrier, hurriers, hurries, hurry, hurrying, hurst, hursts, hurt, hurter, hurters, hurtful, hurtfully, hurtfulness, hurtfulnesses, hurting, hurtle, hurtled, hurtles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "HUR": mohur, sambhur, sulphur. (additional references) | |
Words containing "HUR": anthurium, anthuriums, antichurch, brochure, brochures, church, churched, churches, churchgoer, churchgoers, churchgoing, churchgoings, churchianities, churchianity, churchier, churchiest, churching, churchings, churchless, churchlier, churchliest, churchliness, churchlinesses, churchly, churchman, churchmanship, churchmanships, churchmen, churchwarden, churchwardens, churchwoman, churchwomen, churchy, churchyard, churchyards, churl, churlish, churlishly, churlishness, churlishnesses, churls, churn, churned, churner, churners, churning, churnings, churns, churr, churred, churrigueresque. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-r-u" | |
-1 letter: uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-r-u" | |
+1 letter: buhr, hour, hurl, hurt, rhus, rush, ruth, thru. | |
+2 letters: brugh, brush, buhrs, burgh, churl, churn, churr, crush, curch, gursh, houri, hours, huger, humor, hurds, hurls, hurly, hurry, hurst, hurts, lurch, mohur, prahu, qursh, rheum, rhumb, rough, routh, ruche, rushy, ruths, shrub, shrug, surah, thrum, thurl, truth, usher. | |
+3 letters: author, brughs, brunch, brushy, burghs, busher, cherub, chorus, chukar, church, churls, churns, churrs, crouch, crunch, crutch, curagh, dhurna, dourah, drouth, euchre, fourth, fuhrer, grouch, grutch, gusher, haleru, hauler, honour, houris, hourly, houser, hubris, hugger, huller, humeri, hummer, humors, humour, hunger, hungry, hunker, hunter, hurdle, hurled, hurler, hurley, hurrah, hurray, hursts, hurter, hurtle, husker, hussar, inrush, lusher, mohurs, murphy, murrha, musher, onrush, prahus, prutah, purdah, pusher, qurush, raunch, rehung, rhesus, rheums, rheumy, rhumba, rhumbs, rhuses, rouche, roughs, rouths, ruched, ruches, rupiah, rushed, rushee, rusher, rushes, shroud, shrubs, shrugs, shrunk, surahs, thrums, thrush, thrust, thurls, trough, truths, unhair, unhurt, uphroe, uprush, urchin, ushers, wuther. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 55 52 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... ..- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01010101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H U R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0055 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)425552 |
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