מָאוֹר
mâʼôwr · maw-ore'
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָאֹר; also (in plural) feminine מְאוֹרָה; or מְאֹרָה; from H215 (אוֹר);
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
- properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element)
- figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness
- specifically, a chandelier
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bright, light.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָאוֹר 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for the light7 · 37%
- light2 · 11%
- the light2 · 11%
- let there be lights1 · 5%
- and let them be for lights1 · 5%
- lights1 · 5%
- also for the light1 · 5%
- for light1 · 5%
- of the light1 · 5%
- sins in the light1 · 5%
- all the bright1 · 5%
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.