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korah

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What does korah mean?

proper noun

  1. A biblical character who rebelled against Moses.

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Four hundred were slain in battle, and six hundred fled, among the latter Esau's four sons, Reuel, Jeush, Lotan, and Korah.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
Preternatural terrors rested upon the Hebrews, when under the feet of Korah and his company the live ground opened and swallowed them up for ever; yet not a modern sun ever sets, but in precisely the same manner the live sea swallows up ships and crews.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
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True; and she may be to us both caution and example; caution, that we should shun her sin; or a sign of what judgment will overtake such as shall not be prevented by this caution; so Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, with the two hundred and fifty men that perished in their sin, did also become a sign or example to others to beware.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131