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Lexicon :: Strong's H6332 - pûr

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פּוּר
Transliteration
pûr
Pronunciation
poor
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1749

Strong’s Definitions

פּוּר Pûwr, poor; also (plural) פּוּרִים Pûwrîym; or פֻּרִים Purîym; from H6331; a lot (as by means of a broken piece):—Pur, Purim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H6332 in the following manner: Purim (5x), Pur (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H6332 in the following manner: Purim (5x), Pur (3x).

  1. Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"

    1. lot

      1. a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פּוּר Pûwr, poor; also (plural) פּוּרִים Pûwrîym; or פֻּרִים Purîym; from H6331; a lot (as by means of a broken piece):—Pur, Purim.
STRONGS H6332: Abbreviations
† פּוּר noun masculine lot (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps Assyrian loanword from puru, buru, stone JenZA x. 339 f. and in WildEst p. 173 f.); **Scheft49f. compare Old Iranian fravi, etc., progress, fortune, fate, lot. — explained by הַגּוֺרָל Esther 3:7; Esther 9:24; שֵׁם הַפּוּר Esther 9:26 explains name of feast פּוּרים Esther 9:26; יְמֵי הַפֻּרִים days of Purim Esther 9:28; Esther 9:31; הַפּ'אִגֶּרֶת Esther 9:29, הַפּ'דִּבְרֵי Esther 9:32. — See on Purim especially NowArchaeology ii. 194 ff and references.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

3:7; 9:24; 9:26; 9:26; 9:28; 9:29; 9:31; 9:32

H6332

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Strong's Number H6332 matches the Hebrew פּוּר (pûr),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 -

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, [fn]Pur H6332, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to cause them to perish and had cast Pur H6332, that is the lot, to throw them into confusion and cause them to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - Therefore they called these days Purim H6332 after the name of Pur H6332. Therefore, because of the words in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had reached them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; thus these days of Purim H6332 were not to pass away from among the Jews, nor their memory come to an end from their seed.

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Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to establish this second letter about Purim H6332.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to establish these days of Purim H6332 at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their seed with words concerning their times of fasting and their crying out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - And the declaration of Esther established these words concerning Purim H6332, and it was written in the book.
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