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Lexicon :: Strong's H6332 - pûr

Aa
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 BoxEst 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.
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