H6332 פּוּר (Pûwr) poor

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Purim

Biblical Persons & Places

Purim Name of a feastival

Name of a feastival; called Purim or Pur (פּוּר)

Strong's Definition

a lot (as by means of a broken piece)

Derivation: also (plural) פּוּרִים; or פֻּרִים; from H6331 (פּוּר);

KJV Usage: Pur, Purim.

TWOT Reference: 1749

Outline of Biblical Usage

Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"

1) lot

1a) a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פּוּר (pur) — Purim.

§ Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece" means: lot a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פּוּר (H6332)

noun m

Stone

lot = specially marked object, such as a pebble or piece of pottery, ► used in order to decide questions

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Festivals

Purim Festival = yearly feast to celebrate how Israel was delivered from the evil plans of Haman who cast the lot to determine the day when they were to be exterminated

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֻּרִים / פּוּרִים / פּוּר pûr / pûrý̂ym BDB Definition: Pur or Purim = lot or piece 1) lot 1a) a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esthers heroic actions Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6331 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1749 Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (7)

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Esther 3:7

In the twelfth... year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day... and month.... [And the lot fell on] the twelfth...... month, the month of Adar.

Esther 9:24

For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

Esther 9:26

Therefore... these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of...... all the instructions in this letter, and because of all...... they had seen and experienced......,

Esther 9:28

These days [should be] remembered and celebrated by every generation..., family..., province..., and city..., so that these days of Purim should not fail [to be observed] among the Jews, nor should the memory of them... fade from their descendants.

Esther 9:29

So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.

Esther 9:31

in order to confirm these days of Purim at their [appointed] time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them [and] had committed... themselves... and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.

Esther 9:32

So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.