HABOR hā’ bôr (חָבֹ֛ור). A tributary of the Euphrates, flowing through the district of Gozan, to the banks of which Shalmaneser IV and Sargon transported the exiled Israelites (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chron 5:26). It was called Chaboras by the Greeks, and is now known by the name Khabur. It was densely populated in ancient times, as the many mounds of buried cities give evidence. Layard, the archeologist, found many Assyrian remains in the area.