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ح و ر Root ḥ-w-r in the Qur’an 13 occurrences in 12 verses

Occurrences
13
Verses
12
Surahs
10 of 114
Words
5

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ح و ر (ḥ-w-r) gives 5 words. It appears most in Al-Ma'idah (2), Al-Kahf (2), As-Saff (2).

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
حَوارِيّnoun5disciples
حُورnoun4fair ones, companions with beautiful eyes
يُحاوِرُverb2talking with him, talking to him
تَحاوُرnoun1dialogue of both of you
يَحُورَverb1he would return

حَوارِيّ 5 times

  • 3:52 · Ali 'Imranٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ the disciplesBut when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters for Allah. We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].
  • 5:111 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ the disciplesAnd [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger Jesus." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allah]."
  • 5:112 · Al-Ma'idahٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ the disciples[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven? [Jesus] said," Fear Allah, if you should be believers."
  • 61:14 · As-Saffلِلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ to the disciplesO you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allah." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.
  • 61:14 · As-Saffٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ the disciplesO you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allah." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.

حُور 4 times

  • 44:54 · Ad-Dukhanبِحُورٍ (to) companions with beautiful eyesThus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
  • 52:20 · At-Turبِحُورٍ to fair onesThey will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
  • 55:72 · Ar-Rahmanحُورٌۭ Fair onesFair ones reserved in pavilions -
  • 56:22 · Al-Waqi'ahوَحُورٌ And fair onesAnd [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

يُحاوِرُ 2 times

  • 18:34 · Al-Kahfيُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ (was) talking with himAnd he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."
  • 18:37 · Al-Kahfيُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ was talking to himHis companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

تَحاوُر 1 time

  • 58:1 · Al-Mujadilaتَحَاوُرَكُمَآ ۚ (the) dialogue of both of youCertainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues with you, [O Muhammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allah. And Allah hears your dialogue; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

يَحُورَ 1 time

  • 84:14 · Al-Inshiqaqيَحُورَ he would returnIndeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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