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Lexicon :: Strong's H218 - 'ûr

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אוּר
Transliteration
'ûr
Pronunciation
oor
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as אוּר (H217)
Strong’s Definitions

אוּר ʼÛwr, oor; the same as H217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite:—Ur.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H218 in the following manner: Ur (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H218 in the following manner: Ur (5x).

  1. Ur = "flame"

    1. city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּר ʼÛwr, oor; the same as H217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite:—Ur.
STRONGS H218: Abbreviations
† II. אוּר proper name, masculine (flame) father of one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:35 (see below)

† III. אור proper name, of a location Ur (Babylonian Uru; seat of moon-god worship; hence Eupolemos in EusebPraep.Ev.ix. 17 says Καμαρίνῃ ἥν τινας λέγειν πόλιν Οὐρίην), ancient city in Southern Babylonia; OT always אור כַּשְׂדִּים i.e. Ur of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) see כַּשְׂדִּים; home of Terah, Abram's father, & A.'s point of departure for Mesopotamia & Canaan Genesis 11:28; Genesis 15:7 (both J), & hence Nehemiah 9:7; also Genesis 11:31 (P); — modern Muqayyar, south of Euphrates, approximately 150 miles southeast of Babylon; see KG94f DlPa 226 f COT on Genesis 11:28.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:28; 11:28; 11:31; 15:7

1 Chronicles

11:35

Nehemiah

9:7

H218

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H218 matches the Hebrew אוּר ('ûr),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur H218 of the Chaldees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur H218 of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur H218 of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:35 - Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, H218

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur H218 of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
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