אוּר
ʼûwr · ore
flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H215 (אוֹר);
flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
- flame
- hence, (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fire, light. See also H224 (אוּרִים).
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 אוּר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the fires1 · 17%
- whose fire1 · 17%
- the fire1 · 17%
- at, nor fire1 · 17%
- in the light1 · 17%
- with fire1 · 17%
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.