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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 Box Exo 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37 - You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - "You shall command the children of Yisra'el, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - Aharon shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - When Aharon lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the menorah also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure menorah, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the menorah, and light the lamps of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - He lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - "Command the children of Yisra'el, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold menorah before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the menorah of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - "Speak to Aharon, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the menorah.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - Aharon did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the menorah, as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Shemu'el had laid down to sleep, in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Avishai the son of Tzeru'yah helped him, and struck the Pelishti, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For you are my lamp, LORD; The LORD will lighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the menorot, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Yerushalayim, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Yerushalayim, to set up his son after him, and to establish Yerushalayim;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - However the LORD would not destroy Yehudah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - by weight also for the menorot of gold, and for the lamps of it, of gold, by weight for every menorah and for the lamps of it; and for the menorot of silver, silver by weight for every menorah and for the lamps of it, according to the use of every menorah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - and the menorot with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - and they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense: the show bread also set they in order on the pure table; and the menorah of gold with the lamps of it, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but you have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - However the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes on them? That God distributes sorrows in his anger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For you will light my lamp, the LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:105

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the mitzvah is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - The light of the righteous shines brightly, But the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The spirit of man is the LORD's lamp, Searching all his innermost parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:20 - For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - It will happen at that time, that I will search Yerushalayim with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil."

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I have seen, and, behold, a menorah all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;
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