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Lexicon :: Strong's H216 - 'ôr

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אוֹר
Transliteration
'ôr
Pronunciation
ore
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 52a

Strong’s Definitions

אוֹר ʼôwr, ore; from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):—bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x

The KJV translates Strong's H216 in the following manner: light(s) (114x), day (2x), bright (1x), clear (1x), flood (1x), herbs (1x), lightning (1x), morning (1x), sun (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x
The KJV translates Strong's H216 in the following manner: light(s) (114x), day (2x), bright (1x), clear (1x), flood (1x), herbs (1x), lightning (1x), morning (1x), sun (1x).

  1. light

    1. light of day

    2. light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars)

    3. day-break, dawn, morning light

    4. daylight

    5. lightning

    6. light of lamp

    7. light of life

    8. light of prosperity

    9. light of instruction

    10. light of face (fig.)

    11. Jehovah as Israel's light

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹר ʼôwr, ore; from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):—bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
STRONGS H216: Abbreviations
אוֺר 121 noun masculineGenesis 1:3 (feminineJob 36:32; Jeremiah 13:16) light (Assyrian urru = ûru Dlw). — absolute Genesis 1:3 +; construct Judges 16:2 +; suffix אוֺרִי Psalm 27:1, etc.; plural אוֺרִים Psalm 136:7; —
1. light as diffused in nature, light of day Genesis 1:3, 4, 5 (P) Job 3:9; Job 38:19 +.
2. morning light, dawn, אוֺר הַבֹּקֶר light of the morning Judges 16:2; 1 Samuel 14:36; 1 Samuel 25:34, 36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; Micah 2:1; בֹּקֶר א׳ 2 Samuel 23:4 (poem of David); עַד־הָא׳ Judges 19:26 (compare עַד־הַבֹּקֶר Judges 19:25); לָאוֺר Job 24:14; מִן־הָאוֺר עַד מַחֲצִית הַיּוֺם from dawn till mid-day, Nehemiah 8:3 compare Proverbs 4:18.
3. light of the heavenly luminaries; הַלְּבָנָה א׳, || הַחַמָּה א׳ moonlight & sunlight Isaiah 30:26; כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר stars of light Psalm 148:3; מְאוֺרֵי אוֺר luminaries of light Ezekiel 32:8; אוֺרִים = מְאוֺרִים Psalm 136:7; so עֲלֵי־אוֺר in sunshine Isaiah 18:4; the sun itself Job 31:26.
4. daylight אוֺר רְשָׁעִים light of the wicked Job 38:15 (their work-day being the night); יוֺם אוֺר a day of light Amos 8:9 (= a clear, sunshiny day).
5. lightning Job 36:32; Job 37:3, 11, 15 compare Habakkuk 3:11.
6. light of lamp Proverbs 13:9; Jeremiah 25:10; of crocodile's hot breath Job 41:10.
7. light of life חַיִּים א׳ Job 33:30; Psalm 56:14 [Psalm 56:13]; compare אוֺר Job 3:16, 20.
8. light of prosperity Job 22:28; Job 30:26; Psalm 97:11; Lamentations 3:2.
9. light of instruction נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֺרָה אוֺר Proverbs 6:23 the commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; so the Messianic servant is אוֺר גּוֺיִם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; compare עַמִּים א׳ Isaiah 51:4; the advent of Messiah is shining of great light Isaiah 9:1 (twice in verse).
10. light of face פָּנִים אוֺר = bright, cheerful face (of men) Job 29:24; betokening king's favour Proverbs 16:15 (compare עֵינַיִם א׳ Psalm 38:11); of God = his shining, enlightening, favouring face Psalm 4:7; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 89:16.
11. Yahweh is יִשְׂרָאֵל א׳ Isaiah 10:17, as source enlightenment & prosperity; light & salvation Psalm 27:1; light to guide Micah 7:8 compare Psalm 43:3; everlasting light of Zion, instead of sun & moon Isaiah 60:19, 20; house of Jacob is to walk in his light Isaiah 2:5.

אֹר see אוֺר, for Amos 8:8 see H2975 יְאֹר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5

Judges

16:2; 16:2; 19:25; 19:26

1 Samuel

14:36; 25:34; 25:36

2 Samuel

17:22; 23:4

2 Kings

7:9

Nehemiah

8:3

Job

3:9; 3:16; 3:20; 22:28; 24:14; 29:24; 30:26; 31:26; 33:30; 36:32; 36:32; 37:3; 37:11; 37:15; 38:15; 38:19; 41:10

Psalms

4:7; 27:1; 27:1; 38:11; 43:3; 44:4; 56:13; 89:16; 97:11; 136:7; 136:7; 148:3

Proverbs

4:18; 6:23; 13:9; 16:15

Isaiah

2:5; 9:1; 10:17; 18:4; 30:26; 42:6; 49:6; 51:4; 60:19; 60:20

Jeremiah

13:16; 25:10

Lamentations

3:2

Ezekiel

32:8

Amos

8:8; 8:9

Micah

2:1; 7:8

Habakkuk

3:11

H216

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Strong's Number H216 matches the Hebrew אוֹר ('ôr),
which occurs 121 times in 110 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 1:3–Psa 37:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:3 - God said, "Let there be light." And there was light!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, "He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout them until the break of day. We won't leave any of them alive!" They replied, "Do whatever seems best to you." But the priest said, "Let's approach God here."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives - he who has prevented me from harming you - if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning's light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said to one another, "It's not right what we're doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven't told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we'll be punished. So come on, let's go and inform the royal palace."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - "Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:5 - "Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 - Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3 - Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:32 - With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - But now, the sun cannot be looked at - it is bright in the skies - after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - "In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 - For you are the one who gives and sustains life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 - He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

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