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Lexicon :: Strong's H218 - 'ûr

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אוּר
Transliteration
'ûr
Pronunciation
oor
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as אוּר (H217)
Strong’s Definitions

אוּר ʼÛwr, oor; the same as H217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite:—Ur.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H218 in the following manner: Ur (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H218 in the following manner: Ur (5x).

  1. Ur = "flame"

    1. city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּר ʼÛwr, oor; the same as H217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite:—Ur.
STRONGS H218: Abbreviations
† II. אוּר proper name, masculine (flame) father of one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:35 (see below)

† III. אור proper name, of a location Ur (Babylonian Uru; seat of moon-god worship; hence Eupolemos in EusebPraep.Ev.ix. 17 says Καμαρίνῃ ἥν τινας λέγειν πόλιν Οὐρίην), ancient city in Southern Babylonia; OT always אור כַּשְׂדִּים i.e. Ur of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) see כַּשְׂדִּים; home of Terah, Abram's father, & A.'s point of departure for Mesopotamia & Canaan Genesis 11:28; Genesis 15:7 (both J), & hence Nehemiah 9:7; also Genesis 11:31 (P); — modern Muqayyar, south of Euphrates, approximately 150 miles southeast of Babylon; see KG94f DlPa 226 f COT on Genesis 11:28.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:28; 11:28; 11:31; 15:7

1 Chronicles

11:35

Nehemiah

9:7

H218

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Strong's Number H218 matches the Hebrew אוּר ('ûr),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - Haran aber starb vor seinem Vater Tharah in seinem Vaterlande zu Ur in Chaldäa.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Da nahm Tharah seinen Sohn Abram und Lot, seines Sohnes Harans Sohn, und seine Schwiegertochter Sarai, seines Sohnes Abrams Weib, und führte sie aus Ur in Chaldäa, daß er ins Land Kanaan zöge; und sie kamen gen Haran und wohnten daselbst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - Und er sprach zu ihm: Ich bin der HERR, der dich von Ur in Chaldäa ausgeführt hat, daß ich dir dies Land zu besitzen gebe.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:35 - Ahiam, der Sohn Sachars, der Harariter; Elipal der Sohn Urs;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - Du bist der HERR, Gott, der du Abram erwählt hast und ihn von Ur in Chaldäa ausgeführt und Abraham genannt
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