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Lexicon :: Strong's H5216 - nîr

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נִיר
Transliteration
nîr
Pronunciation
neer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root [see נִיר (H5214); נוּר (H5135)] properly, meaning to glisten
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1333b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: ניר (Strongs and Gesenius) נרה (Strongs) נר (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

  1. lamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.
STRONGS H5216: Abbreviations
I. נֵר43 noun masculineExodus 25:37 lamp; — נ׳ absolute Exodus 27:20 +, construct 1 Samuel 3:3 +; suffix נֵרִי Psalm 18:29, נֵירִי || 2 Samuel 22:29, etc.; plural נֵרוֺת absolute Leviticus 24:4 +; construct Exodus 39:37; suffix נֵרֹתֶיהָ Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 4:20; — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1 Samuel 3:3; especially of lampsin temple 1 Kings 7:49 + 7 times Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 times P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jeremiah 25:10; used in search Zephaniah 1:12, compare (figurative) נִשְׁמַת אָדָם נֵר י׳ Proverbs 20:27; used in household work Proverbs 31:18; figurative of prosperity יִשְׂרָאֵל נ׳ 2 Samuel 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 29:3; Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalm 132:17; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 24:20; of God's word as a guide Psalm 119:105, compare Proverbs 6:23.

† I. נִיר noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative לְמַעַן הֱיוֺתנֿ׳ לְדָוִיד 1 Kings 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19 2 Chronicles 21:7; happiness, delight (construct) נִר רְשָׁעִים Proverbs 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. נִיר below II. ניר below).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:37; 25:37; 25:37; 27:20; 39:37

Leviticus

24:4

1 Samuel

3:3; 3:3

2 Samuel

21:17; 22:29; 22:29

1 Kings

7:49; 11:26; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19

1 Chronicles

28:15

2 Chronicles

4:20; 21:7

Job

18:6; 21:17; 29:3

Psalms

18:29; 18:29; 119:105; 132:17

Proverbs

6:23; 13:9; 20:20; 20:27; 21:4; 24:20; 31:18

Jeremiah

25:10

Zephaniah

1:12

Zechariah

4:2

H5216

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5216 matches the Hebrew נִיר (nîr),
which occurs 48 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37 - You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - “You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold[fn] before the LORD regularly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For you are my lamp, O LORD,
and my God lightens my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - Nevertheless, for David’s sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - the weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They offer to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light is dark in his tent,
and his lamp above him is put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God[fn] distributes pains in his anger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For it is you who light my lamp;
the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:105

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - Nun
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I will make a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - The light of the righteous rejoices,
but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - If one curses his father or his mother,
his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The spirit[fn] of man is the lamp of the LORD,
searching all his innermost parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:20 - for the evil man has no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp does not go out at night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
who are complacent,[fn]
those who say in their hearts,
‘The LORD will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.
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