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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 -

My heart throbs, my strength fails me;

And the light H216 of my eyes, even [fn]that [fn]has gone from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3 -

Send out Your light H216 and Your truth, they shall lead me;

They shall bring me to Your holy hill

And to Your dwelling places.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 -

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,

And their own arm did not save them,

But Your right hand and Your arm and the light H216 of Your presence,

For You favored them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 -

[fn]He will go to the generation of his fathers;

They will never see the light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 -

For You have saved my soul from death,

[fn]Indeed my feet from stumbling,

So that I may walk before God

In the light H216 of the [fn]living.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:14 -

Then He led them with the cloud by day

And all the night with a light H216 of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:15 -

Blessed are the people who know the [fn]joyful sound!

LORD, they walk in the light H216 of Your face.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 -

Light H216 is sown like seed for the righteous,

And gladness for the upright in heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:2 -

Covering Yourself with light H216 as with a cloak,

Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 -

Light H216 shines in the darkness for the upright;

He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 -

Nun

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light H216 to my path.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:7 -

To Him who made the great lights H216,

For His faithfulness is everlasting:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 -

If I say, “Surely the darkness will [fn]overwhelm me,

And the light H216 around me will be night,”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 -

Praise Him, sun and moon;

Praise Him, all stars of light H216!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 -

But the path of the righteous is like the light H216 of dawn

That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 -

For the commandment is a lamp and the [fn]teaching is light H216;

And rebukes for discipline are the way of life

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 -

The light H216 of the righteous [fn]rejoices,

But the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:15 -

In the light H216 of a king’s face is life,

And his favor is like a cloud with the [fn]spring rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness as light H216 surpasses darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 -

The light H216 is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light H216, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:5 -

Come, house of Jacob, and let’s walk in the light H216 of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 -

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who [fn]substitute darkness for light H216 and light H216 for darkness;

Who [fn]substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 -

And it will roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea.

If one looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;

Even the light H216 is darkened by its clouds.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 -

[fn]The people who walk in darkness

Will see a great light H216;

Those who live in a dark land,

The light H216 will shine on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 -

And the Light H216 of Israel will become a fire and [fn]Israel’s Holy One a flame,

And it will burn and devour [fn]his thorns and his briars in a single day.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 -

For the stars of heaven and their constellations

Will not flash their light H216;

The sun will be dark when it rises

And the moon will not shed its light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 -

For this is what the LORD has told me:

“I will quietly look [fn]from My dwelling place

Like dazzling heat in the [fn]sunshine H216,

Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - And the light H216 of the full moon will be like the light H216 of the sun, and the light H216 of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light H216 of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound [fn]He has inflicted.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:6 -

“I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness,

I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,

And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,

As a light H216 to the nations,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 -

“I will lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,

In paths they have not known I will guide them.

I will turn darkness into light H216 before them

And uneven land into plains.

These are the things I will do,

And I will not leave them undone.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 -

The One forming light H216 and creating darkness,

Causing [fn]well-being and creating disaster;

I am the LORD who does all these things.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 -

He says, “It is too [fn]small a thing that You should be My Servant

To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the protected ones of Israel;

I will also make You a light H216 [fn]of the nations

So that My salvation may [fn]reach to the end of the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 -

“Pay attention to Me, My people,

And listen to Me, My [fn]nation;

For a law will go out from Me,

And I will bring My justice as a light H216 of the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 -

“Then your light H216 will break out like the dawn,

And your recovery will spring up quickly;

And your righteousness will go before you;

The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 -

And if you offer yourself to the hungry

And satisfy the [fn]need of the afflicted,

Then your light H216 will rise in darkness,

And your gloom will become like midday.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness does not reach us;

We hope for light H216, but there is darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:1 -

“Arise, shine; for your light H216 has come,

And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:3 -

“Nations will come to your light H216,

And kings to the brightness of your rising.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 -

“No longer will you have the sun for light H216 by day,

Nor will the moon give you light for brightness;

But you will have the LORD as an everlasting light H216,

And your God as your [fn]glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 -

“Your sun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon wane;

For you will have the LORD as an everlasting light H216,

And the days of your mourning will be over.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 -

I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a [fn]formless and desolate emptiness;

And to the heavens, and they had no light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 -

Give glory to the LORD your God

Before He brings darkness

And before your feet stumble

On the mountains in the dark,

And while you are hoping for light H216

He makes it into gloom,

And turns it into thick darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover, I will eliminate from them the voice of jubilation and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light H216 of the lamp.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 -

This is what the LORD says,

He who gives the sun for light H216 by day

And the [fn]fixed order of the moon and the stars for light H216 by night,

Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar

The LORD of armies is His name:

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 -

He has driven me and made me walk

In darkness and not in light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 -

“And when I extinguish you,

I will cover the heavens and darken their stars;

I will cover the sun with a cloud

And the moon will not give its light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 -

“All the shining lights H216 in the heavens

I will darken over you

And will set darkness on your land,”

Declares the Lord GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:5 -

Therefore I have cut them in pieces by the prophets;

I have slain them by the words of My mouth;

And the judgments on you are like the light H216 that [fn]shines.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 -

Woe to you who are longing for the day of the LORD,

For what [fn]purpose will the day of the LORD be to you?

It will be darkness and not light H216;


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