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Lexicon :: Strong's H5216 - nîr

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נִיר
Transliteration
nîr
Pronunciation
neer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root [see נִיר (H5214); נוּר (H5135)] properly, meaning to glisten
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1333b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: ניר (Strongs and Gesenius) נרה (Strongs) נר (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

  1. lamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.
STRONGS H5216: Abbreviations
I. נֵר43 noun masculineExodus 25:37 lamp; — נ׳ absolute Exodus 27:20 +, construct 1 Samuel 3:3 +; suffix נֵרִי Psalm 18:29, נֵירִי || 2 Samuel 22:29, etc.; plural נֵרוֺת absolute Leviticus 24:4 +; construct Exodus 39:37; suffix נֵרֹתֶיהָ Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 4:20; — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1 Samuel 3:3; especially of lampsin temple 1 Kings 7:49 + 7 times Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 times P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jeremiah 25:10; used in search Zephaniah 1:12, compare (figurative) נִשְׁמַת אָדָם נֵר י׳ Proverbs 20:27; used in household work Proverbs 31:18; figurative of prosperity יִשְׂרָאֵל נ׳ 2 Samuel 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 29:3; Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalm 132:17; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 24:20; of God's word as a guide Psalm 119:105, compare Proverbs 6:23.

† I. נִיר noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative לְמַעַן הֱיוֺתנֿ׳ לְדָוִיד 1 Kings 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19 2 Chronicles 21:7; happiness, delight (construct) נִר רְשָׁעִים Proverbs 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. נִיר below II. ניר below).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:37; 25:37; 25:37; 27:20; 39:37

Leviticus

24:4

1 Samuel

3:3; 3:3

2 Samuel

21:17; 22:29; 22:29

1 Kings

7:49; 11:26; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19

1 Chronicles

28:15

2 Chronicles

4:20; 21:7

Job

18:6; 21:17; 29:3

Psalms

18:29; 18:29; 119:105; 132:17

Proverbs

6:23; 13:9; 20:20; 20:27; 21:4; 24:20; 31:18

Jeremiah

25:10

Zephaniah

1:12

Zechariah

4:2

H5216

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5216 matches the Hebrew נִיר (nîr),
which occurs 48 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37 - “You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - “And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - “And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - ‘also the lampstand for the light, its utensils, its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he made its seven lamps, its wick-trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - “You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:25 - and he lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - “He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle[fn] of the LORD where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - “For You are my lamp, O LORD;
The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - ‘And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - Nevertheless for David’s sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - “And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - Yet the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - “They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light is dark in his tent,
And his lamp beside him is put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God distributes in His anger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For You will light my lamp;
The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:105

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - NUN
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I will make the horn of David grow;
I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - The light of the righteous rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD,
Searching all the inner depths of his heart.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:20 - For there will be no prospect for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She perceives that her merchandise is good,
And her lamp does not go out by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - “And it shall come to pass at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men
Who are settled in complacency,[fn]
Who say in their heart,
‘The LORD will not do good,
Nor will He do evil.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.
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