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Lexicon :: Strong's H217 - 'ûr

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אוּר
Transliteration
'ûr
Pronunciation
oor
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 52d

Strong’s Definitions

אוּר ʼûwr, oor; from H215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light):—fire, light. See also H224.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H217 in the following manner: fire(s) (5x), light (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H217 in the following manner: fire(s) (5x), light (1x).

  1. flame, light of fire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּר ʼûwr, oor; from H215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light):—fire, light. See also H224.
STRONGS H217: Abbreviations
† I. אוּר noun masculine flame. לְכוּ בְאוּר אֶשְּׁכֶם walk in the flame of your fire Isaiah 50:11, & so fire itself, whose light & flame were seen Isaiah 44:16; Isaiah 47:14 — exile Isaiah + Isaiah 31:9 & Ezekiel 5:2 (Co אשׁ).

† אֻרִים noun [masculine] plural region of light, East Isaiah 24:15 (so Ges MV Ew De Di RV; Lo Hi Kn Che read איים = coasts, so Cdd. Greek Version of the LXX; — Greek Version of the LXX mostly omit Vulgate in doctrina, thinking of H224 Urim, see BrMP 297).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

24:15; 31:9; 44:16; 47:14; 50:11

Ezekiel

5:2

H217

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Strong's Number H217 matches the Hebrew אוּר ('ûr),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Therefore in the east[fn] give glory to the LORD;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - His rock shall pass away in terror,
and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,
and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Behold, they are like stubble;
the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
and by the torches that you have kindled!
This you have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
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