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kore

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ko⋅re

  [kawr-ee, kohr-ee; kawr-ey, kohr-ey]
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–noun, plural ko⋅rai  [kawr-ahy, kohr-ahy] .
1. Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, esp. one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
2. Also, Core, Cora. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. Persephone, esp. as a symbol of virginity.
Origin:
1915–20; < Gk kórē girl
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ko·re   (kôr'ē, kōr'ē, kôr'ā, kōr'ā)   
n.   pl. kor·ai (kôr'ī, kōr'ī)
A sculpture representing a standing young woman clothed in long robes, especially one produced in Greece before the fifth century B.C.

[Greek korē, young girl, kore; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Kore

partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of the temple (2 Chr. 31:14). (3.) In 1 Chr. 26:19 the word should be "Korahites," as in the Revised Version.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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