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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 saith, 'Let light be;' and light is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - it is told to the Gazathites, saying, 'Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, 'Till the light of the morning -- then we have slain him.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - and the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at the opening of the man's house, where her lord is, till the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - And Saul saith, 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.' And they say, 'All that is good in thine eyes do.' And the priest saith, 'Let us draw near hither unto God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal is glad within him, and he is drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - And David riseth, and all the people who are with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed over the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - And they say one unto another, 'We are not doing right this day; a day of tidings it is, and we are keeping silent; and -- we have waited till the light of the morning, then hath punishment found us; and now, come and we go in and declare to the house of the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - and he readeth in it before the broad place that is before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people are unto the book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:5 - Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 - And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3 - Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:32 - By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light is over the skirts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it is in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - Where is this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this -- its place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes are as the eyelids of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 - For with Thee is a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 - And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

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