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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 are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - "You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - Aaron is to burn sweet incense on it morning by morning; when he attends to the lamps he is to burn incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - When Aaron sets up the lamps around sundown he is to burn incense on it; it is to be 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 for the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - "Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - "They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - "Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to 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 the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD as well; the ark of God was also there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David's aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David's men took an oath saying, "You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD illumines the darkness around me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David's dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - the pure gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They offer burnt sacrifices to the LORD every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly we are observing the LORD our God's regulations, but you have rejected him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - But the LORD was unwilling to destroy David's dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - "How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - when he caused his lamp to shine 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 - Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:105

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - נ  (Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king's dynasty will continue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The human spirit is like 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 person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She knows that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, 'The LORD neither rewards nor punishes.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.
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