Strong's Lexicon

H8574

H8574 — תַּנּוּר

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

Hebrewtannuwrnoun mascOccurrences: 15TWOT: 2526

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8574
Word:תַּנּוּר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H5216
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:tannuwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tan-noor'
Meaning:1. a fire-pot
KJV Renderings:furnace, oven.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9208

תַּנּוּר noun masculine Lev 26:26 portable stove or fire-pot (loan-word from Assyrian tinûru , id., according to DHMVOJ i. 23 (otherwise DvorakZK i. 155 ff.); ׳ ת, a large earthen jar, still in Syria, WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Gesell., 1882, 467 WhitehouseHeb.Antiq.7,3 ARSKEB l. 605; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5858] is loan-word from Aramaic תַּנּוּרָא, [untranscribed source text 5859], and this from Persian tanûra , according to Frä26); — ׳ ת absolute Hos 7:4 +, construct Gen 15:17; Ps 21:10 plural תַּנּוּרִים Neh 3:11; Neh 12:38 — fire-pot, for baking (אָפָה) Hos 7:4 (read ׳ בֹּעֵר הֵ֑ם אֹפֵהוּ וגו ׳ ת, OortTh. Tijdschr. 1890, 480 ff. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 88), compare Hos 7:6 Hos 7:7 (all in simile), Exod 7:28 ( J ), Lev 2:4; Lev 7:9; Lev 26:26 ( P ), also (breakable) Lev 11:35 עָשָׁן ׳ ת Gen 15:17 ( J E ) in vision, symbol of ׳ י's presence, compare Isa 31:9 (|| אוּר); simile of heat Lam 5:10, of judgment Mal 3:19, and so אֵשׁ ׳ ת Ps 21:10 מִגְדַּל הַתַּנּוּרִים Neh 3:11; Neh 12:38 a tower on wall of Jerusalem


[תַּנְחוּם], תַּנְחוּמוֺת, תַּנְחֻ֫מֶת see [נחם].


Other Resources

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

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