Lexicon :: Strong's H217 - 'ûr

אוּר
Transliteration
'ûr
Pronunciation
oor
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אוֹר (H215)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 52d

Strong’s Definitions

אוּר ʼûwr, oor; from H215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light):—fire, light. See also H224.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H217 in the following manner: fire(s) (5x), light (1x).

  1. flame, light of fire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּר ʼûwr, oor; from H215; flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light):—fire, light. See also H224.
STRONGS H217: Abbreviations
† I. אוּר noun masculine flame. לְכוּ בְאוּר אֶשְּׁכֶם walk in the flame of your fire Isaiah 50:11, & so fire itself, whose light & flame were seen Isaiah 44:16; Isaiah 47:14 — exile Isaiah + Isaiah 31:9 & Ezekiel 5:2 (Co אשׁ).

† אֻרִים noun [masculine] plural region of light, East Isaiah 24:15 (so Ges MV Ew De Di RV; Lo Hi Kn Che read איים = coasts, so Cdd. ; — mostly omit in doctrina, thinking of H224 Urim, see BrMP 297).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

24:15; 31:9; 44:16; 47:14; 50:11

Ezekiel

5:2