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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 Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
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