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Lexicon :: Strong's H224 - 'ûrîm

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אוּרִים
Transliteration
'ûrîm
Pronunciation
oo-reem'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Plural of אוּר (H217)
Strong’s Definitions

אוּרִים ʼÛwrîym, oo-reem'; plural of H217; lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate:—Urim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H224 in the following manner: Urim (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H224 in the following manner: Urim (7x).

  1. Urim = "lights"

    1. stones kept in a pouch on the high-priest's breastplate, used in determining God's decision in certain questions and issues

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּרִים ʼÛwrîym, oo-reem'; plural of H217; lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate:—Urim.
STRONGS H224: Abbreviations
אוּרִים noun masculine Urim (plural intensive, mostly with article the Urim, and mostly joined with תֻּמִּים which see) תֻּמֶּיךָ וְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ הֲסִידֶךָ Deuteronomy 33:8 thy Thummim and thy Urim has the man of thy favour, i.e. the Levite tested at Massah & Meribah; הָאוּרִים וְהִתֻּמִּים were put into the הַמִּשְׁפָּט חשֶׁן of the high priest Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8 (P); this חשֶׁן (which see H2833) was a little bag or pouch worn on breast of high, priest, to hold the Urim & Thummim; the name הַמִּשְׁפָּט ח׳ was given because of decisions made by that which was within it; thus, Eleazar was to inquire of י׳ for Joshua הָאוּרִים בְּמִשְׁפַּט Numbers 27:21 (P); Saul prayed הָבָה אוּרִים opposed to הבה תֻּמִּים, 1 Samuel 14:41 Greek Version of the LXX, so We Dr (MT omits former, and reads תָּמִים in latter); י׳ did not answer Saul בָּאוּרִים or by dreams or prophets 1 Samuel 28:6; post-exilic Jews reserved difficult questions until there stood up a priest לְאוּרִים וּלְתֻמִּים Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65 (here alone without article) These passages give little information; Greek Version of the LXX δήλωσις καὶ ἀλήθεια, Vulgate doctrina et veritas, Symm φωτισμοὶ καὶ τελεώτητες; JosAnt. iii. 8. 9 thinks of the twelve gems of face of bag as giving decision by shining; PhiloVit. Mos. iii thinks of two small images (א׳ & ת׳), probably embroidered in the cloth of the bag, like oracle-images of Egypt (Diod1,48, 75 AelianVar. Hist.14, 34); EwGeschichte iii, 309; Antiq. 295, of two stones of different colours for sacred lot, on this see Dr 1 Samuel 14:41 where Greek Version of the LXX אוּרִים & תֻּמִּים as object of give, δος = הָבָה; compare הִפִּילוּ 1 Samuel 14:42, וַיִלָּכֵד 1 Samuel 14:41 (used of taking by lot 1 Samuel 10:20; Isaiah 7:14, 16); see also We & RSOTJC Lect x. N 4; BährSymbolik, of one thing within bag, a sacred pledge to high priest of the enlightenment & perfection he would receive from י׳ when called to make sacred decisions; KaEx 544 sees the sacred pledge in the twelve sacred gems themselves, that stimulate priest to self-sacrifice & perfect sanctification.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:30

Leviticus

8:8

Numbers

27:21

Deuteronomy

33:8

1 Samuel

10:20; 14:41; 14:41; 14:41; 14:42; 28:6

Ezra

2:63

Nehemiah

7:65

Isaiah

7:14; 7:16

H224

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Strong's Number H224 matches the Hebrew אוּרִים ('ûrîm),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:30 - You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Tummim; and they shall be on Aharon's heart, when he goes in before the LORD: and Aharon shall bear the judgment of the children of Yisra'el on his heart before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:8 - He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Tummim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:21 - He shall stand before El`azar the Kohen, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Yisra'el with him, even all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Of Levi he said, Your Tummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of Merivah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:6 - When Sha'ul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn't answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:63

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a Kohen with Urim and with Tummim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a Kohen with Urim and Tummim.
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