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Lexicon :: Strong's H216 - 'ôr

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אוֹר
Transliteration
'ôr
Pronunciation
ore
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 52a

Strong’s Definitions

אוֹר ʼôwr, ore; from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):—bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x

The KJV translates Strong's H216 in the following manner: light(s) (114x), day (2x), bright (1x), clear (1x), flood (1x), herbs (1x), lightning (1x), morning (1x), sun (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x
The KJV translates Strong's H216 in the following manner: light(s) (114x), day (2x), bright (1x), clear (1x), flood (1x), herbs (1x), lightning (1x), morning (1x), sun (1x).

  1. light

    1. light of day

    2. light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars)

    3. day-break, dawn, morning light

    4. daylight

    5. lightning

    6. light of lamp

    7. light of life

    8. light of prosperity

    9. light of instruction

    10. light of face (fig.)

    11. Jehovah as Israel's light

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹר ʼôwr, ore; from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):—bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
STRONGS H216: Abbreviations
אוֺר 121 noun masculineGenesis 1:3 (feminineJob 36:32; Jeremiah 13:16) light (Assyrian urru = ûru Dlw). — absolute Genesis 1:3 +; construct Judges 16:2 +; suffix אוֺרִי Psalm 27:1, etc.; plural אוֺרִים Psalm 136:7; —
1. light as diffused in nature, light of day Genesis 1:3, 4, 5 (P) Job 3:9; Job 38:19 +.
2. morning light, dawn, אוֺר הַבֹּקֶר light of the morning Judges 16:2; 1 Samuel 14:36; 1 Samuel 25:34, 36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; Micah 2:1; בֹּקֶר א׳ 2 Samuel 23:4 (poem of David); עַד־הָא׳ Judges 19:26 (compare עַד־הַבֹּקֶר Judges 19:25); לָאוֺר Job 24:14; מִן־הָאוֺר עַד מַחֲצִית הַיּוֺם from dawn till mid-day, Nehemiah 8:3 compare Proverbs 4:18.
3. light of the heavenly luminaries; הַלְּבָנָה א׳, || הַחַמָּה א׳ moonlight & sunlight Isaiah 30:26; כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר stars of light Psalm 148:3; מְאוֺרֵי אוֺר luminaries of light Ezekiel 32:8; אוֺרִים = מְאוֺרִים Psalm 136:7; so עֲלֵי־אוֺר in sunshine Isaiah 18:4; the sun itself Job 31:26.
4. daylight אוֺר רְשָׁעִים light of the wicked Job 38:15 (their work-day being the night); יוֺם אוֺר a day of light Amos 8:9 (= a clear, sunshiny day).
5. lightning Job 36:32; Job 37:3, 11, 15 compare Habakkuk 3:11.
6. light of lamp Proverbs 13:9; Jeremiah 25:10; of crocodile's hot breath Job 41:10.
7. light of life חַיִּים א׳ Job 33:30; Psalm 56:14 [Psalm 56:13]; compare אוֺר Job 3:16, 20.
8. light of prosperity Job 22:28; Job 30:26; Psalm 97:11; Lamentations 3:2.
9. light of instruction נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֺרָה אוֺר Proverbs 6:23 the commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; so the Messianic servant is אוֺר גּוֺיִם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; compare עַמִּים א׳ Isaiah 51:4; the advent of Messiah is shining of great light Isaiah 9:1 (twice in verse).
10. light of face פָּנִים אוֺר = bright, cheerful face (of men) Job 29:24; betokening king's favour Proverbs 16:15 (compare עֵינַיִם א׳ Psalm 38:11); of God = his shining, enlightening, favouring face Psalm 4:7; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 89:16.
11. Yahweh is יִשְׂרָאֵל א׳ Isaiah 10:17, as source enlightenment & prosperity; light & salvation Psalm 27:1; light to guide Micah 7:8 compare Psalm 43:3; everlasting light of Zion, instead of sun & moon Isaiah 60:19, 20; house of Jacob is to walk in his light Isaiah 2:5.

אֹר see אוֺר, for Amos 8:8 see H2975 יְאֹר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5

Judges

16:2; 16:2; 19:25; 19:26

1 Samuel

14:36; 25:34; 25:36

2 Samuel

17:22; 23:4

2 Kings

7:9

Nehemiah

8:3

Job

3:9; 3:16; 3:20; 22:28; 24:14; 29:24; 30:26; 31:26; 33:30; 36:32; 36:32; 37:3; 37:11; 37:15; 38:15; 38:19; 41:10

Psalms

4:7; 27:1; 27:1; 38:11; 43:3; 44:4; 56:13; 89:16; 97:11; 136:7; 136:7; 148:3

Proverbs

4:18; 6:23; 13:9; 16:15

Isaiah

2:5; 9:1; 10:17; 18:4; 30:26; 42:6; 49:6; 51:4; 60:19; 60:20

Jeremiah

13:16; 25:10

Lamentations

3:2

Ezekiel

32:8

Amos

8:8; 8:9

Micah

2:1; 7:8

Habakkuk

3:11

H216

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Strong's Number H216 matches the Hebrew אוֹר ('ôr),
which occurs 121 times in 110 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 38:10–Amo 5:18)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 - My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3 - Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again see light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 - For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:14 - In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:15 - Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - Light is sown[fn] for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:2 - covering yourself with light as with a garment,
stretching out the heavens like a tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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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 136:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:7 - to him who made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

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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 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 - In the light of a king’s face there is life,
and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 - Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:5 - O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in the light of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 - They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - [fn] The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - The light of Israel will become a fire,
and his Holy One a flame,
and it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For thus the LORD said to me:
“I will quietly look from my dwelling
like clear heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the LORD binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:6 - “I am the LORD; I have called you[fn] in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and create calamity;
I am the LORD, who does all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 - he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
I will make you as a light for the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 - “Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
for a law[fn] will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:1 - Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:3 - And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 - The sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light;[fn]
but the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your days of mourning shall be ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 - I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void;
and to the heavens, and they had no light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God
before he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and while you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it deep darkness.

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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 Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - Thus says the LORD,
who gives the sun for light by day
and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD of hosts is his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - he has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - All the bright lights of heaven
will I make dark over you,
and put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:5 - Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!
Why would you have the day of the LORD?
It is darkness, and not light,

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