Chor denotes noble persons, especially members of a city's or Judah's leading civic group.

The term denotes noble persons identified with leading civic and political groups: they stand alongside elders, rulers, officials, and the people, receive rebuke for public conduct, exchange letters, and are included among Judah's leading people in exile and judgment.

1. Noble members of a leading civic group · dominant

   In 1 Kings 21:8, the plural absolute form occurs with elders as letters are sent to the city's leading men; 1 Kings 21:11 describes those recipients carrying out Jezebel's instructions. In Nehemiah 5:7, the same plural form identifies people confronted alongside rulers over lending at interest, while Jeremiah 27:20 includes them among the people of Judah and Jerusalem taken into exile.

   1 Kings 21:81 Kings 21:11Nehemiah 5:7Nehemiah 7:5Jeremiah 27:20Jeremiah 39:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause is readily identifiable, the APB commonly presents the group as "nobles," including 1 Kings 21:8, Nehemiah 5:7, and Jeremiah 39:6. In some supplied verses, the translation’s wording does not visibly isolate the term, so these renderings should be read as verse-level presentations rather than strict word alignment.