נוּר
nûwr · noor
fire
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from an unused root (corresponding to that of H5216 (נִיר)) meaning to shine;
fire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fiery, fire.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּר 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fiery8 · 47%
- of the fire4 · 24%
- the fire1 · 6%
- of fire1 · 6%
- was like the fiery1 · 6%
- fire1 · 6%
- a fiery1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel17
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.