Quick Definition
(Tower of) the Ovens
Strong's Definition
a fire-pot
Derivation: from H5216 (נִיר);
KJV Usage: furnace, oven.
TWOT Reference: 2526
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תַּנּוּר (tan.nur) — (Tower of) the Ovens.
Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל "Tower" H4026I) This name means furnace, oven
תַּנּוּר (tan.nur) — oven. 1) furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove 1a) for cooking 1b) of God's wrath, His furnace (fig) 1c) of hunger, desire for evil 1d) fire-pot
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Furnaces | ≈ כִּיר
oven = a structure ◄ made of clay or brick, ► in which fuel such as charcoal, wood, or dried grass, is burned, used for baking; ≈ associated with extreme heat, and hence with anger and punishment
GEN 15:17 · EXO 7:28 · LEV 2:4 · LEV 7:9 · LEV 11:35 · LEV 26:26 · PSA 21:10 · ISA 31:9 · LAM 5:10 · HOS 7:4 · HOS 7:6 · HOS 7:7 · MAL 3:19
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תַּנּוּר n.m. portable stove or fire-pot base