The Corn Harvest (detail)Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1565–00
Cor
/KOR/
Summary
The largest Hebrewmeasure of capacity, equivalent to a homer, used for measuring grain and other dry goods.
☩Measurement
A cor was equivalent to a homer, the largest Hebrew measure. It contained approximately 6.25 bushels or 220 liters. Solomon's daily provisions included thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal.
