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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - So in the month of April,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ reign, lots were cast in Haman’s presence (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews, had plotted to crush and destroy them on the date determined by casting lots (the lots were called purim).

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - That is why this celebration is called Purim, because it is the ancient word for casting lots.
So because of Mordecai’s letter and because of what they had experienced,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote another letter putting the queen’s full authority behind Mordecai’s letter to establish the Festival of Purim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - These letters established the Festival of Purim—an annual celebration of these days at the appointed time, decreed by both Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther. (The people decided to observe this festival, just as they had decided for themselves and their descendants to establish the times of fasting and mourning.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - So the command of Esther confirmed the practices of Purim, and it was all written down in the records.
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