Korah

American  

[kawr-uh, kohr-uh] / ˈkɔr ə, ˈkoʊr ə /

noun

1. (in the Bible) a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron.

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Etymology

Origin of Korah

From Late Latin Core, from Greek Koré, from Hebrew Qōraḥ, probably “bald”

Example Sentences

And I know the past is intrinsically linked to the present when I go into the State Library of Queensland to read the reminiscences of Korah Halcomb Wills.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2014

"Korah, Dathan, and Abiram," suggested Davis, who, as a Bible Baptist, had a fund of Scripture knowledge upon which he occasionally drew, "with their families and their pavilions and all their substance...."

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

A Korah is a dish of bell-metal, of uncertain manufacture.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

This is a crime often denounced in Scripture, as in the case of Korah, and Jeroboam, and Uzziah.

From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry

And the best of all was this—would you believe that my shoemaker, planted in the earth firmly as Korah, insisted on Bible teaching?

From Yiddish Tales by Various