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Lexicon :: Strong's H217 - 'ûr

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אוּר
Transliteration
'ûr
Pronunciation
oor
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 52d

Strong’s Definitions

אוּר ʼûwr, oor; from H215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light):—fire, light. See also H224.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H217 in the following manner: fire(s) (5x), light (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H217 in the following manner: fire(s) (5x), light (1x).

  1. flame, light of fire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּר ʼûwr, oor; from H215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light):—fire, light. See also H224.
STRONGS H217: Abbreviations
† I. אוּר noun masculine flame. לְכוּ בְאוּר אֶשְּׁכֶם walk in the flame of your fire Isaiah 50:11, & so fire itself, whose light & flame were seen Isaiah 44:16; Isaiah 47:14 — exile Isaiah + Isaiah 31:9 & Ezekiel 5:2 (Co אשׁ).

† אֻרִים noun [masculine] plural region of light, East Isaiah 24:15 (so Ges MV Ew De Di RV; Lo Hi Kn Che read איים = coasts, so Cdd. Greek Version of the LXX; — Greek Version of the LXX mostly omit Vulgate in doctrina, thinking of H224 Urim, see BrMP 297).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

24:15; 31:9; 44:16; 47:14; 50:11

Ezekiel

5:2

H217

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Strong's Number H217 matches the Hebrew אוּר ('ûr),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Therefore shall the glory of the Lord be in the isles of the sea; the name of the Lord shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Behold, they all shall be burnt up as sticks in the fire; neither shall they at all deliver their life from the flame. Because thou hast coals of fire, sit thou upon them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - A fourth part thou shalt burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at the fulfilment of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a fourth part, and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part thou shalt cut with a sword round about it: and a fourth part thou shalt scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
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