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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 -

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the [fn]east H217,

The name of Yahweh, the God of Israel,

In the [fn]coastlands of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 -

“His rock will pass away because of terror,

And his princes will be dismayed at the standard,”

Declares Yahweh, whose fire H217 is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm; I have seen the fire H217.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 -

“Behold, they have become like stubble,

Fire burns them;

They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;

There will be no coal to warm by

Nor a fire H217 to sit before!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 -

Behold, all you who kindle a fire,

Who gird yourselves with firebrands,

Walk in the light H217 of your fire

And among the brands you have set ablaze.

This you will have from My hand:

You will lie down in torment.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - “One-third you shall burn in the fire H217 at the center of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled. Then you shall take one-third and strike it with the sword all around [fn]the city, and one-third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
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