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Cor
This Hebrew word, untranslated, denotes a round vessel used as a measure both for liquids and solids. It was equal to one homer, and contained ten ephahs in dry and ten baths in liquid measure (Ezek 45:14). The Rabbins estimated the cor at forty-five gallons, while Josephus estimated it at about eighty-seven. In 1 Kgs 4:22; 1 Kgs 5:11; 2 Chr 2:10; 2 Chr 27:5, the original word is rendered “measure.”
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.