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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 - and thou hast made its seven lamps, and one hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - 'And thou -- thou dost command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to go up continually;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - 'And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - 'And the candlestick for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he maketh 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 candlestick, its lamps, the lamps of arrangement, and all its vessels, and the oil for the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its lamps to go up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - 'Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - and have taken a garment of blue, and have covered the candlestick of the lamp, and its lights, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, and all its oil vessels wherewith they minister to it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - 'Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron doth so; over-against the face of the candlestick he hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God is,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, 'Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For Thou art my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined 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 - and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - but for David's sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - and by weight for the candlesticks of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for candlestick and candlestick, and its lamps; and for the candlesticks of silver, by weight for a candlestick and its lamps, according to the service of candlestick and candlestick;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;

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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 -- it is the perfection of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - and are making perfume to Jehovah, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and perfume of spices, and the arrangement of bread is on the pure table, and the candlestick of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God, and ye -- ye have forsaken Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - and Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons -- all the days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - 'Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:105

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:20 - For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She hath perceived when her merchandise is good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - and he saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing?' And I say, 'I have looked, and lo, a candlestick of gold -- all of it, and its bowl is on its top, and its seven lamps are upon it, and twice seven pipes are to the lights that are on its top,
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