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Lexicon :: Strong's H216 - 'ôr

Aa
אוֹר
Transliteration
'ôr
Pronunciation
ore
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 52a

Strong’s Definitions

אוֹר ʼôwr, ore; from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):—bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x

The KJV translates Strong's H216 in the following manner: light(s) (114x), day (2x), bright (1x), clear (1x), flood (1x), herbs (1x), lightning (1x), morning (1x), sun (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 123x
The KJV translates Strong's H216 in the following manner: light(s) (114x), day (2x), bright (1x), clear (1x), flood (1x), herbs (1x), lightning (1x), morning (1x), sun (1x).

  1. light

    1. light of day

    2. light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars)

    3. day-break, dawn, morning light

    4. daylight

    5. lightning

    6. light of lamp

    7. light of life

    8. light of prosperity

    9. light of instruction

    10. light of face (fig.)

    11. Jehovah as Israel's light

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹר ʼôwr, ore; from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):—bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
STRONGS H216: Abbreviations
אוֺר 121 noun masculineGenesis 1:3 (feminineJob 36:32; Jeremiah 13:16) light (Assyrian urru = ûru Dlw). — absolute Genesis 1:3 +; construct Judges 16:2 +; suffix אוֺרִי Psalm 27:1, etc.; plural אוֺרִים Psalm 136:7; —
1. light as diffused in nature, light of day Genesis 1:3, 4, 5 (P) Job 3:9; Job 38:19 +.
2. morning light, dawn, אוֺר הַבֹּקֶר light of the morning Judges 16:2; 1 Samuel 14:36; 1 Samuel 25:34, 36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; Micah 2:1; בֹּקֶר א׳ 2 Samuel 23:4 (poem of David); עַד־הָא׳ Judges 19:26 (compare עַד־הַבֹּקֶר Judges 19:25); לָאוֺר Job 24:14; מִן־הָאוֺר עַד מַחֲצִית הַיּוֺם from dawn till mid-day, Nehemiah 8:3 compare Proverbs 4:18.
3. light of the heavenly luminaries; הַלְּבָנָה א׳, || הַחַמָּה א׳ moonlight & sunlight Isaiah 30:26; כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר stars of light Psalm 148:3; מְאוֺרֵי אוֺר luminaries of light Ezekiel 32:8; אוֺרִים = מְאוֺרִים Psalm 136:7; so עֲלֵי־אוֺר in sunshine Isaiah 18:4; the sun itself Job 31:26.
4. daylight אוֺר רְשָׁעִים light of the wicked Job 38:15 (their work-day being the night); יוֺם אוֺר a day of light Amos 8:9 (= a clear, sunshiny day).
5. lightning Job 36:32; Job 37:3, 11, 15 compare Habakkuk 3:11.
6. light of lamp Proverbs 13:9; Jeremiah 25:10; of crocodile's hot breath Job 41:10.
7. light of life חַיִּים א׳ Job 33:30; Psalm 56:14 [Psalm 56:13]; compare אוֺר Job 3:16, 20.
8. light of prosperity Job 22:28; Job 30:26; Psalm 97:11; Lamentations 3:2.
9. light of instruction נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֺרָה אוֺר Proverbs 6:23 the commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; so the Messianic servant is אוֺר גּוֺיִם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; compare עַמִּים א׳ Isaiah 51:4; the advent of Messiah is shining of great light Isaiah 9:1 (twice in verse).
10. light of face פָּנִים אוֺר = bright, cheerful face (of men) Job 29:24; betokening king's favour Proverbs 16:15 (compare עֵינַיִם א׳ Psalm 38:11); of God = his shining, enlightening, favouring face Psalm 4:7; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 89:16.
11. Yahweh is יִשְׂרָאֵל א׳ Isaiah 10:17, as source enlightenment & prosperity; light & salvation Psalm 27:1; light to guide Micah 7:8 compare Psalm 43:3; everlasting light of Zion, instead of sun & moon Isaiah 60:19, 20; house of Jacob is to walk in his light Isaiah 2:5.

אֹר see אוֺר, for Amos 8:8 see H2975 יְאֹר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5

Judges

16:2; 16:2; 19:25; 19:26

1 Samuel

14:36; 25:34; 25:36

2 Samuel

17:22; 23:4

2 Kings

7:9

Nehemiah

8:3

Job

3:9; 3:16; 3:20; 22:28; 24:14; 29:24; 30:26; 31:26; 33:30; 36:32; 36:32; 37:3; 37:11; 37:15; 38:15; 38:19; 41:10

Psalms

4:7; 27:1; 27:1; 38:11; 43:3; 44:4; 56:13; 89:16; 97:11; 136:7; 136:7; 148:3

Proverbs

4:18; 6:23; 13:9; 16:15

Isaiah

2:5; 9:1; 10:17; 18:4; 30:26; 42:6; 49:6; 51:4; 60:19; 60:20

Jeremiah

13:16; 25:10

Lamentations

3:2

Ezekiel

32:8

Amos

8:8; 8:9

Micah

2:1; 7:8

Habakkuk

3:11

H216

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Strong's Number H216 matches the Hebrew אוֹר ('ôr),
which occurs 121 times in 110 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 1:3–Psa 37:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:3 - Then God H430 said, H559 “Let there be light”; H216 and there was light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - God H430 saw H7200 that the light H216 was good; H2896 and God H430 separated H914 the light H216 from the darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God H430 called H7121 the light H216 day, H3117 and the darkness H2822 He called H7121 night. H3915 And there was evening H6153 and there was morning, H1242 one H259 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and [fn]to govern H4910 the day H3117 and the night, H3915 and to separate H914 the light H216 from the darkness; H2822 and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They did not see H7200 one H376 another, H251 nor H3808 did anyone H376 rise H6965 from his place H8478 for three H7969 days, H3117 but all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had H1961 light H216 in their dwellings. H4186

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - When it was told to the Gazites, H5841 saying, H559 “Samson H8123 has come H935 here,” H2008 they surrounded H5437 the place and lay H693 in wait H693 for him all H3605 night H3915 at the gate H8179 of the city. H5892 And they kept H2790 silent H2790 all H3605 night, H3915 saying, H559 “Let us wait until H5704 the morning H1242 light, H216 then we will kill H2026 him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - [fn]As the day H1242 began to dawn, H6437 H1242 the woman H802 came H935 and fell H5307 down H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the man’s H376 house H1004 where H834 H8033 her master H113 was, until H5704 full daylight. H216

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul H7586 said, H559 “Let us go H3381 down H3381 after H310 the Philistines H6430 by night H3915 and take H962 spoil H962 among them until H5704 the morning H1242 light, H216 and let us not leave H7604 a man H376 of them.” And they said, H559 “Do H6213 whatever H3605 seems good H2896 [fn]to you.” So the priest H3548 said, H559 “Let us draw H7126 near H7126 to God H430 here.” H1988

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless, H199 as the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 lives, H2416 who H834 has restrained H4513 me from harming H7489 you, unless H3588 H3884 you had come H935 quickly H4116 to meet H7122 me, surely H3588 H518 there would not have been left H3498 to Nabal H5037 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 as much as one [fn]male.” H8366 H7023

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal, H5037 and behold, H2009 he was holding a feast H4960 in his house, H1004 like the feast H4960 of a king. H4428 And Nabal’s H5037 heart H3820 was merry H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk; H7910 so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light. H216

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - Then David H1732 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him arose H6965 and crossed H5674 the Jordan; H3383 and by [fn]dawn H216 H1242 not even H5704 one H259 remained H5737 who H834 had not crossed H5674 the Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - Is as the light H216 of the morning H1242 when the sun H8121 rises, H2224
A morning H1242 without H3808 clouds, H5645
When the tender H1877 grass H1877 springs out of the earth, H776
Through H4480 sunshine H5051 after H4480 rain.’ H4306

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said H559 to one H376 another, H7453 “We are not doing H6213 right. H3651 This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of good news, H1309 but we are keeping H2814 silent; H2814 if we wait H2442 until H5704 morning H1242 light, H216 punishment H5771 will [fn]overtake H4672 us. Now H6258 therefore come, H1980 let us go H935 and tell H5046 the king’s H4428 household.” H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He read H7121 from it before H6440 the square H7339 which H834 was in front H6440 of the Water H4325 Gate H8179 from [fn]early H216 morning H216 until H5704 midday, H4276 H3117 in the presence H5048 of men H376 and women, H802 those who could understand; H995 and all H3605 the people H5971 were attentive H241 to the book H5612 of the law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - “Let the stars H3556 of its twilight H5399 be darkened; H2821
Let it wait H6960 for light H216 but have H369 none, H369
And let it not see H7200 the [fn]breaking H6079 dawn; H7837

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - “Or H176 like a miscarriage H5309 which is [fn]discarded, H2934 I would not be,
As infants H5768 that never H3808 saw H7200 light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - “Why H4100 is light H216 given H5414 to him who H6001 suffers, H6001
And life H2416 to the bitter H4751 of soul, H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - “He reveals H1540 mysteries H6013 from the darkness H2822
And brings H3318 the deep H6757 darkness H6757 into light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - “They grope H4959 in darkness H2822 with no H3808 light, H216
And He makes them stagger H8582 like a drunken H7910 man. H7910

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - “They make H7760 night H3915 into day, H3117 saying,
‘The light H216 is near,’ H7138 in the presence H6440 of darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:5 - “Indeed, H1571 the light H216 of the wicked H7563 goes H1846 out,
And the [fn]flame H7632 of his fire H784 gives H5050 no H3808 light. H5050

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - “The light H216 in his tent H168 is darkened, H2821
And his lamp H5216 goes H1846 out above H5921 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - “[fn]He is driven H1920 from light H216 into darkness, H2822
And chased H5074 from the inhabited H8398 world. H8398

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 - “You will also decree H1504 a thing, H561 and it will be established H6965 for you;
And light H216 will shine H5050 on your ways. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - “[fn]Others H1992 have been H1961 with those who rebel H4775 against the light; H216
They do not want to know H5234 its ways H1870
Nor H3808 abide H3427 in its paths. H5410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - “The murderer H7523 arises H6965 at dawn; H216
He kills H6991 the poor H6041 and the needy, H34
And at night H3915 he is as a thief. H1590

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - “In the dark H2822 they dig H2864 into houses, H1004
They shut H2856 themselves up by day; H3119
They do not know H3045 the light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3 - “Is there H3426 any H3426 number H4557 to His troops? H1416
And upon whom H4310 does His light H216 not rise? H6965

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - “He has inscribed H2328 a circle H2328 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325
At the boundary H8503 of light H216 and darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - “He dams H2280 up the streams H5104 from [fn]flowing, H1065
And what H8587 is hidden H8587 he brings H3318 out to the light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When His lamp H5216 shone H1984 over H5921 my head, H7218
And by His light H216 I walked H1980 through darkness; H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - “I smiled H7832 on them when they did not believe, H539
And the light H216 of my face H6440 they did not cast H5307 down. H5307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - “When H3588 I expected H6960 good, H2896 then evil H7451 came; H935
When I waited H3176 for light, H216 then darkness H652 came. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - If H518 I have looked H7200 at the [fn]sun H216 when H3588 it shone H1984
Or the moon H3394 going H1980 in splendor, H3368

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - ‘He has redeemed H6299 my soul H5315 from going H5674 to the pit, H7845
And my life H2416 shall see H7200 the light.’ H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - To bring H7725 back H7725 his soul H5315 from the pit, H7845
That he may be enlightened H215 with the light H216 of life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - “Behold, H2005 He spreads H6566 His [fn]lightning H216 about H5921 Him,
And He covers H3680 the depths H8328 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:32 - “He covers H3680 His hands H3709 with the [fn]lightning, H216
And commands H6680 it to strike H6293 the mark. H6293

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - “Under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 He lets H8281 it loose, H8281
And His [fn]lightning H216 to the ends H3671 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - “Also H637 with moisture H7377 He loads H2959 the thick H5645 cloud; H5645
He disperses H6327 the cloud H6051 of His [fn]lightning. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - “Do you know H3045 how God H433 establishes H7760 them,
And makes the [fn]lightning H216 of His cloud H6051 to shine? H3313

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - “Now H6258 [fn]men do not see H7200 the light H216 which H1931 is bright H925 in the skies; H7834
But the wind H7307 has passed H5674 and cleared H2891 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - “From the wicked H7563 their light H216 is withheld, H4513
And the uplifted H7311 arm H2220 is broken. H7665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where H335 is the way H1870 to the dwelling H7931 of light? H216
And darkness, H2822 where H335 is its place, H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - “Where H335 is the way H1870 that the light H216 is divided, H2505
Or the east H6921 wind H6921 scattered H6327 on the earth? H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - “His sneezes H5846 flash H1984 forth H1984 light, H216
And his eyes H5869 are like the eyelids H6079 of the morning. H7837

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many H7227 are saying, H559 “Who H4310 will show H7200 us any good?” H2896
Lift H5375 up the light H216 of Your countenance H6440 upon us, O LORD! H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - A Psalm of David.
The LORD H3068 is my light H216 and my salvation; H3468
Whom H4310 shall I fear? H3372
The LORD H3068 is the [fn]defense H4581 of my life; H2416
Whom H4310 shall I dread? H6342

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 - For with You is the fountain H4726 of life; H2416
In Your light H216 we see H7200 light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 - He will bring H3318 forth H3318 your righteousness H6664 as the light H216
And your judgment H4941 as the noonday. H6672

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