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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 - And 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, and he separated the light from the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Saul said, “Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive.” “Do whatever seems best to you,” they replied. But the priest said, “Let us inquire of God here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - So David and all the people with him set out and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, no one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not 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 hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - “Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:5 - “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 - What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - “There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - They search[fn] the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:32 - He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends 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 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many, LORD, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 - For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 - He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

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