אוֹר
ʼôwr · ore
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to shine9 · 24%
- to give light3 · 8%
- to give them light2 · 5%
- shine2 · 5%
- was light1 · 3%
- to them, but it gave light1 · 3%
- thereof, that they may give light1 · 3%
- shall give light1 · 3%
- were enlightened1 · 3%
- have been enlightened1 · 3%
- and have light1 · 3%
- at break of day1 · 3%
- may lighten1 · 3%
- to shew them light1 · 3%
- to be enlightened1 · 3%
- lighten1 · 3%
- for thou wilt light1 · 3%
- enlightening1 · 3%
- thou art more glorious1 · 3%
- lightened1 · 3%
- enlightened1 · 3%
- which hath shewed us light1 · 3%
- giveth light1 · 3%
- shineth1 · 3%
- that shineth1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.