H217 - אוּר (ʼûwr)

H217 אוּר (ʼûwr) ore

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)

KJV Usage: fire, light. See also 224

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אוּר (ur) — flame. flame, light of fire

אֻרִים (u.rim) — flame. region of light, East

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אוּר (H0217 · H0218a · H0218b · H0224) — אוּרִים

noun m · אור · אוּרִי · אוּרִיאֵל · אוּרִיָּה

Fire

fire = fire; ► used for burning sacrifices and other objects, setting fire to arrows, and warming oneself; ≈ associated with light, warmth, and destruction

ISA 31:9 · ISA 44:16 · ISA 47:14 · ISA 50:11 · EZK 5:2 · ZEC 14:6

Spatial Referents

eastern country = a referent pointing to the direction where the sun comes up

ISA 24:15

Stone

Collocation: הָאוּרִים (וְהַתֻּמִּים)

Urim and Thummim exact meaning unsure; possibly: = set consisting of two small objects; ► located in the breast-piece on top of the ephod and used to determine God's will with regard to a certain matter

EXO 28:30 · LEV 8:8 · NUM 27:21 · DEU 33:8 · 1SA 28:6 · EZR 2:63 · NEH 7:65

name

Names of Locations

Ur = town; ◄ on the river Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia; ► place where Abram and his family used to live before moving to Haran

GEN 11:28 · GEN 11:31 · GEN 15:7 · NEH 9:7

Names of People

Ur = man; ► father of Eliphal, warrior, time of king David

1CH 11:35

¹ ZEC 14:6 REB "heat" | MT HOTTP-A NIV NJB "light" NJPS "sunlight" = אֹור | RSV NRSV GNT omit ² ISA 24:15 RSV NIV NJB NRSV GNT CEV "east" REB "eastern regions" | NJPS "with lights"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אוּר n.m. flame. base

אֻרִים n.[m.]pl. region of light, East Is 24:15 ref