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Quran Dictionary - ح و ر

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The triliteral root ḥā wāw rā (ح و ر) occurs 13 times in the Quran, in five derived forms:

  • once as the form I verb yaḥūra (يَحُورَ)
  • twice as the form III verb yuḥāwiru (يُحَاوِرُ)
  • five times as the noun ḥawāriyyūn (حَوَارِيُّون)
  • four times as the noun ḥūr (حُور)
  • once as the form VI verbal noun taḥāwur (تَحَاوُر)

The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.

Verb (form I) - to return

(84:14:5) yaḥūrahe would return إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ

Verb (form III) - to talk

(18:34:7) yuḥāwiruhu(was) talking with him فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا
(18:37:5) yuḥāwiruhuwas talking to him قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ

Noun

(3:52:12) l-ḥawāriyūnathe disciples قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ
(5:111:4) l-ḥawāriyīnathe disciples وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوا آمَنَّا
(5:112:3) l-ḥawāriyūnathe disciples إِذْ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ
(61:14:12) lil'ḥawāriyyīnato the disciples قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّينَ مَنْ أَنْصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ
(61:14:18) l-ḥawāriyūnathe disciples قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ

Noun

(44:54:3) biḥūrin(to) companions with beautiful eyes كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
(52:20:6) biḥūrinto fair ones مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
(55:72:1) ḥūrunFair ones حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ
(56:22:1) waḥūrunAnd fair ones وَحُورٌ عِينٌ

Verbal noun (form VI)

(58:1:14) taḥāwurakumā(the) dialogue of both of you وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا

See Also

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