13 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 495

The Quran root ح و ر ḥ-w-r

Words built from the root ح و ر ([ḥ-w-r]) appear 13 times in the Quran. The most common is حَوارِيّ, “disciples”, which comes 5 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
حَوارِيّ	ḥawaariyy	disciples	5
حُور	ḥuur	fair ones · companions with beautiful eyes	4
يُحاوِرُ	yuḥaawiru	talking with him · was talking to him	2
تَحاوُر	taḥaawur	dialogue of both of you	1
يَحُورَ	yaḥuura	he would return	1

Examples from the Quran

فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنْهُمُ الْكُفْرَ قَالَ مَنْ أَنصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ اللَّهِ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ ٥٢

الْحَوَارِيُّونَ l-ḥawāriyūna · the disciples

But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allāh?" The disciples said, "We are supporters for Allāh. We have believed in Allāh and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:52)

وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ ١١١

الْحَوَارِيِّينَ l-ḥawāriyīna · the disciples

And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger [i.e., Jesus]." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allāh]." (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:111)

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ٥٤

بِحُورٍ biḥūrin · (to) companions with beautiful eyes

Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes. (Surah Ad-Dukhan, 44:54)

وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا ٣٤

يُحَاوِرُهُ yuḥāwiruhu · (was) talking with him

And 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." (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:34)

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ ١

تَحَاوُرَكُمَا taḥāwurakumā · (the) dialogue of both of you

Certainly has Allāh heard the speech of the one who argues [i.e., pleads] with you, [O Muḥammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allāh. And Allāh hears your dialogue; indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing. (Surah Al-Mujadila, 58:1)

إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤

يَحُورَ yaḥūra · he would return

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh]. (Surah Al-Inshiqaq, 84:14)

Surahs where it comes most

Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.