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Lexicon :: Strong's H6332 - pûr

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פּוּר
Transliteration
pûr
Pronunciation
poor
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1749

Strong’s Definitions

פּוּר Pûwr, poor; also (plural) פּוּרִים Pûwrîym; or פֻּרִים Purîym; from H6331; a lot (as by means of a broken piece):—Pur, Purim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H6332 in the following manner: Purim (5x), Pur (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H6332 in the following manner: Purim (5x), Pur (3x).

  1. Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"

    1. lot

      1. a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פּוּר Pûwr, poor; also (plural) פּוּרִים Pûwrîym; or פֻּרִים Purîym; from H6331; a lot (as by means of a broken piece):—Pur, Purim.
STRONGS H6332: Abbreviations
† פּוּר noun masculine lot (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps Assyrian loanword from puru, buru, stone JenZA x. 339 f. and in WildEst p. 173 f.); **Scheft49f. compare Old Iranian fravi, etc., progress, fortune, fate, lot. — explained by הַגּוֺרָל Esther 3:7; Esther 9:24; שֵׁם הַפּוּר Esther 9:26 explains name of feast פּוּרים Esther 9:26; יְמֵי הַפֻּרִים days of Purim Esther 9:28; Esther 9:31; הַפּ'אִגֶּרֶת Esther 9:29, הַפּ'דִּבְרֵי Esther 9:32. — See on Purim especially NowArchaeology ii. 194 ff and references.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

3:7; 9:24; 9:26; 9:26; 9:28; 9:29; 9:31; 9:32

H6332

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Strong's Number H6332 matches the Hebrew פּוּר (pûr),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month,[fn] until it fell on the twelfth month,[fn] which is the month of Adar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to annihilate them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot), to consume them and destroy them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - So they called these days Purim, after the name Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had prescribed for them, and as they had decreed for themselves and their descendants concerning matters of their fasting and lamenting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - So the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.
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