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Meaning and etymology of the name Korah
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Korah 
Besides the famous cousin of Moses and Aaron - who claimed that since he too was a great-grandson of Levi, he too should be allowed to draft law, and got himself descended live into Sheol (Numbers 16) - there are four Korahs mentioned in the Bible: A son of Esau (Genesis 36:5), a grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:16), a son of Hebron (1 Chronicles 2:43), and a mysterious fellow to whose sons Psalm 42 is dedicated (Psalm 42:1).
The name Korah is identical to the word (qerah), meaning frost (Genesis 31:40) or ice/ hail (Ps 147:17), from the assumed root (qrh).
Hence Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names translates with Ice or Hail.
NOBS Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary, however, derive Korah from the identical root (qarah), to be bald, usually in charged with a negative connotation: due to sickness (Leviticus 13:42), violence (Nehemiah 13:25), but mostly as a sign of grief or mourning (Mic 1:16, Jeremiah 47:5). NOBSE reads Baldness.
For a study on the meaning of baldness in the Bible, see our Bible Commentary special on hair in the Bible.
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