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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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:3 - Then God H430 said H559, “[fn]Let there be light H216”; and there was light H216.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - When it was reported to the Gazites H5841, saying H559, “Samson H8123 has come H935 here H2008,” they surrounded H5437 the place and lay H693 in H693 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’s wait until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, then we will kill H2026 him.”
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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 -

Then Saul H7586 said H559, “Let’s go H3381 down H3381 after H310 the Philistines H6430 by night H3915 and take H962 plunder H962 among them until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, and let’s not leave H7604 a man H376 among them alive H7604.” And they said H559, “Do H6213 whatever H3605 seems good H2896 [fn]to you.” So the priest H3548 said H559, “Let’s approach H7126 God H430 here H1988.”

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, if H3588 H3884 you had not come H935 quickly H4116 to meet H7122 me, there certainly H3588 H518 would not have been left H3498 to Nabal H5037 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 as much as one [fn]male H8366 H7023.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 -

Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was having a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal’s H5037 heart H3820 was cheerful 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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - Then David H1732 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him set H6965 out H6965 and crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383; by [fn]dawn H216 H1242 not even H5704 one H259 remained H5737 who H834 had not crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 -

Is like the light H216 of the morning H1242 when the sun H8121 rises H2224,

A morning H1242 without H3808 clouds H5645,

When the fresh H1877 grass H1877 springs out of the earth H776

From sunshine H5051 after H4480 rain H4306.’

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - And he read H7121 from it before H6440 the public H7339 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 [fn]all H3605 the people H5971 were attentive H241 to the Book H5612 of the Law H8451.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -

“May the stars H3556 of its twilight H5399 be darkened H2821;

May it wait H6960 for light H216 but have H369 none H369,

And may it not see H7200 the [fn]breaking H6079 dawn H7837;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 -

“Or H176 like a miscarriage H5309 which is [fn]hidden H2934, I would not exist H1961,

As infants H5768 that never H3808 saw H7200 light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 -

“Why H4100 is light H216 given H5414 to one burdened H6001 with H6001 grief H6001,

And life H2416 to the bitter H4751 of soul H5315,

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.

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 person H7910.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:5 -

“Indeed H1571, the light H216 of the wicked H7563 goes H1846 out H1846,

And the spark H7632 from his fire H784 does not shine H5050.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 -

“The light H216 in his tent H168 is darkened H2821,

And his lamp H5216 goes H1846 out H1846 above H5921 him.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:28 -

“You will also decide H1504 something H561, and it will be established H6965 for you;

And light H216 will shine H5050 on your ways H1870.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 -

[fn]Others H1992 have been H1961 with those who rebel H4775 against the light H216;

They do not want H5234 to H5234 know H5234 its ways H1870

Nor H3808 stay H3427 in its paths H5410.

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 like a thief H1590.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 -

“In the darkness H2822 they dig H2864 into houses H1004,

They shut H2856 themselves up H2856 by day H3119;

They do not know H3045 the light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3 -

“Is H3426 there H3426 any H3426 number H4557 to His troops H1416?

And upon whom H4310 does His light H216 not rise H6965?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 -

“He has inscribed H2710 a circle H2329 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325

At the boundary H8503 of light H216 and darkness H2822.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 -

“He dams H2280 up H2280 the streams H5104 from [fn]flowing H1065,

And brings H3318 to light H216 what H8587 is H8587 hidden H8587.

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;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 -

“I smiled H7832 at them when they did not believe H539,

And they did not look H5307 at H5307 [fn]my kindness H216 H6440 ungraciously H5307.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 -

“When H3588 I expected H6960 good H2896, evil H7451 came H935;

When I waited H3176 for light H216, darkness H652 came H935.

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,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 -

‘He has redeemed H6299 my soul H5315 from going H5674 to the pit H7845,

And my life H2416 will see H7200 the light H216.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 -

To bring H7725 back H7725 his soul H5315 from the pit H7845,

So that he may be enlightened H215 with the light H216 of life H2416.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:32 -

“He covers H3680 His hands H3709 with the [fn]lightning H216,

And commands H6680 it to strike H6293 the target H6293.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 -

“Under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 He lets H8281 it loose H8281,

And His [fn]lightning H216 travels to the ends H3671 of the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 -

“He also H637 loads H2959 the clouds H5645 with moisture H7377;

He disperses H6327 the cloud H6051 of His [fn]lightning H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 -

“Do you know H3045 how God H433 establishes H7760 them,

And makes the [fn]lightning H216 of His clouds H6051 to shine H3313?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 -

“Now H6258 people 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 -

“Their light H216 is withheld H4513 from the wicked H7563,

And the uplifted H7311 arm H2220 is broken H7665.

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,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 -

“Where H335 is the way H1870 that the light H216 is divided H2505,

And the east H6921 wind H6921 scattered H6327 on the earth H776?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 -

“His sneezes H5846 flash H1984 forth H1984 light H216,

And his eyes H5869 are like the eye H6079 of dawn H7837.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 -

Many H7227 are saying H559, “Who H4310 will show H7200 us anything good H2896?”

Lift H5375 up H5375 the light H216 of Your face H6440 upon us, LORD H3068!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 -

A Psalm of David.

The LORD H3068 is my light H216 and my salvation H3468;

Whom H4310 should I fear H3372?

The LORD H3068 is the [fn]defense H4581 of my life H2416;

Whom H4310 should I dread H6342?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 -

For the fountain H4726 of life H2416 is with You;

In Your light H216 we see H7200 light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 -

He will bring H3318 out H3318 your righteousness H6664 as the light H216,

And your judgment H4941 as the noonday H6672.


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