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Lexicon :: Strong's H5216 - nîr

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נִיר
Transliteration
nîr
Pronunciation
neer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root [see נִיר (H5214); נוּר (H5135)] properly, meaning to glisten
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1333b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: ניר (Strongs and Gesenius) נרה (Strongs) נר (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

  1. lamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.
STRONGS H5216: Abbreviations
I. נֵר43 noun masculineExodus 25:37 lamp; — נ׳ absolute Exodus 27:20 +, construct 1 Samuel 3:3 +; suffix נֵרִי Psalm 18:29, נֵירִי || 2 Samuel 22:29, etc.; plural נֵרוֺת absolute Leviticus 24:4 +; construct Exodus 39:37; suffix נֵרֹתֶיהָ Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 4:20; — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1 Samuel 3:3; especially of lampsin temple 1 Kings 7:49 + 7 times Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 times P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jeremiah 25:10; used in search Zephaniah 1:12, compare (figurative) נִשְׁמַת אָדָם נֵר י׳ Proverbs 20:27; used in household work Proverbs 31:18; figurative of prosperity יִשְׂרָאֵל נ׳ 2 Samuel 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 29:3; Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalm 132:17; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 24:20; of God's word as a guide Psalm 119:105, compare Proverbs 6:23.

† I. נִיר noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative לְמַעַן הֱיוֺתנֿ׳ לְדָוִיד 1 Kings 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19 2 Chronicles 21:7; happiness, delight (construct) נִר רְשָׁעִים Proverbs 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. נִיר below II. ניר below).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:37; 25:37; 25:37; 27:20; 39:37

Leviticus

24:4

1 Samuel

3:3; 3:3

2 Samuel

21:17; 22:29; 22:29

1 Kings

7:49; 11:26; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19

1 Chronicles

28:15

2 Chronicles

4:20; 21:7

Job

18:6; 21:17; 29:3

Psalms

18:29; 18:29; 119:105; 132:17

Proverbs

6:23; 13:9; 20:20; 20:27; 21:4; 24:20; 31:18

Jeremiah

25:10

Zephaniah

1:12

Zechariah

4:2

H5216

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5216 matches the Hebrew נִיר (nîr),
which occurs 48 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37 - And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on it the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - And do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - and the candlestick for the light and all its furniture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - (LXX 38:17) And on [fn]the candlestick seven golden lamps, and its snuffers gold, and its [fn]funnels gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - (LXX 39:16) And they made the anointing oil, and the incense of composition, and the pure candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth [fn]that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - Ye shall burn the lamps on the pure lamp-stand before the Lord till the morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - (LXX 7:35) And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of [fn]pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the [fn]snuffers of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - But to his son I will give the two remaining tribes, that my servant David may have an establishment continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - Howbeit for David's sake the Lord gave him a remnant, that he might establish his children after him, and might establish Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant's sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - And their snuffers, and their lamps were made, and he made the bowls, and the censers, and the fire-pans, of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - they sacrifice to the Lord whole-burnt-offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and set the shewbread on the pure table; and there is the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he made with David, and as he said to him that he would give a light to him and his sons for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - And they have shut up the doors of the temple, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, and have not offered whole-burnt-offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - (LXX 17:29) For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - (LXX 118:105) Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - (LXX 131:17) There will I cause to spring up a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. (LXX 13:9a) Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - (LXX 20:9a) The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The [fn]spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:20 - For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - And I will destroy from among them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:
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