Strong's Lexicon

H217

H217 — אוּר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewuwrnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 52d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H217
Word:אוּר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H215
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:uwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ore
Meaning:1. flame 2. hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
KJV Renderings:fire, light. See also H0224.

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BDB240

I. אוּר noun masculine flame. לְכוּ בְאוּר אֶשְּׁכֶם walk in the flame of your fire Isa 50:11, & so fire itself, whose light & flame were seen Isa 44:16; Isa 47:14 — exile Isaiah + Isa 31:9 & Ezek 5:2 (Co אשׁ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אור (oor)

Exodus 28:30

KJV: And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
EHCC: putin ופסמו late of judgmentthe Urim

Leviticus 8:8

KJV: And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
EHCC: bop put in the breastpiats a Uri

Numbers 27:21

KJV: And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
EHCC: after the judgment of Urim

Deuteronomy 33:8

KJV: And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
EHCC: thy Thummim and thy Urim (be) with

1 Samuel 28:6

KJV: And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
EHCC: neither by dreams, nor by Urim,

Nehemiah 7:65

KJV: And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.the Tirshatha: or, the governor
EHCC: till there stood (up) a priest with Urim

Isaiah 24:15

KJV: Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.fires: or, valleys
EHCC: glorifyye the Ld. an the fires, (marg, valleys)

Isaiah 81:9

EHCC: the Lord, whose fire (is) in Zion,

Isaiah 44:16

KJV: He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
EHCC: 1 have seen the fire:

Isaiah 47:14

KJV: Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.themselves: Heb. their souls
EHCC: (nor) fire to sit before it, :

Isaiah 50:11

KJV: Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
EHCC: walk tn the light of your fire,

Ezekiel 5:9

KJV: And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
EHCC: Thou shalt burn with fire a third part

2 Kings 4:39

KJV: And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
EHCC: went out into the fleld to gather herbs,

Esther 8:16

KJV: The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
EHCC: The Jews had light, and gladness

Psalms 189:12

EHCC: the darkness and the light (are) beth alike

Isaiah 26:19

KJV: Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
EHCC: thy dew (is as) the dew of herbs,
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