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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - Haran H2039 died H4191 [fn]in the presence H6440 of his father H1 Terah H8646 in the land H776 of his birth, H4138 in Ur H218 of the Chaldeans. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah H8646 took H3947 Abram H87 his son, H1121 and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran, H2039 his grandson, H1121 and Sarai H8297 his daughter-in-law, H3618 his son H1121 Abram’s H87 wife; H802 and they went H3318 out [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 in order to enter H1980 the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran, H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And He said H559 to him, “I am the LORD H3068 who H834 brought H3318 you out of Ur H218 of the Chaldeans, H3778 to give H5414 you this H2088 land H776 to [fn]possess H3423 it.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:35 - Ahiam H279 the son H1121 of [fn]Sacar H7940 the Hararite, H2043 [fn]Eliphal H465 the son H1121 of Ur, H218
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - “You are the LORD H3068 God, H430
Who H834 chose H977 Abram H87
And brought H3318 him out from Ur H218 of the Chaldees, H3778
And gave H7760 him the name H8034 Abraham. H85
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