STRONGS NUMBER H216


Word Summary
or: a light
Original Word: אוֹר
Transliteration: or
Phonetic Spelling: (ore)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a light
Meaning: illumination, luminary
Strong's Concordance
bright, clear, day, lightning, morning, sun

From 'owr; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

see HEBREW 'owr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H216. or

אוֺר121 noun masculineGenesis 1:3 (feminineJob 36:32; Jeremiah 13:16) light (Assyrian urru = ûru Dlw). — absolute Genesis 1:3 +; construct Judges 16:2 +; suffix אוֺרִיPsalm 27:1, etc.; plural אוֺרִים136:7; —

1 light as diffused in nature, light of day Genesis 1:3-4, 5 (P) Job 3:9; 38:19 +.

2 morning light, dawn, הַבֹּקֶר אוֺר‎ light of the morning Judges 16:2; 1 Samuel 14:36; 25:34, 36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; Micah 2:1; ׳א בֹּקֶר2 Samuel 23:4 (poem of David); ׳עַדהָֿאJudges 19:26 (compare עַדהַֿבֹּקֶר19:25); לָאוֺרJob 24:14; הַיּוֺם מַחֲצִית עַד מִןהָֿאוֺרfrom dawn till mid-day, Nehemiah 8:3 compare Proverbs 4:18.

3 light of the heavenly luminaries; ׳א הַלְּבָנָה‎, "" ׳א הַחַמָּהmoonlight & sunlight Isaiah 30:26; אוֺר כּוֺכְבֵיstars of light Psalm 148:3; אוֺר מְאוֺרֵיluminaries of light Ezekiel 32:8; אוֺרִים‎ = מְאוֺרִיםPsalm 136:7; so עֲלֵיאֿוֺרin sunshine Isaiah 18:4; the sun itself Job 31:26.

4 daylight רְשָׁעִים אוֺרlight of the wicked Job 38:15 (their work-day being the night); אוֺר יוֺםa day of light Amos 8:9 (= a clear, sunshiny day).

5 lightning Job 36:32; 37:3, 11, 15 compare Habakkuk 3:11.

6 light of lamp Proverbs 13:9; Jeremiah 25:10; of crocodile's hot breath Job 41:10.

7 light of life ׳א חַיִּיםJob 33:30; Psalm 56:14; compare אוֺר3:16, 20.

8 light of prosperity Job 22:28; 30:26; Psalm 97:11; Lamentations 3:2.

9 light of instruction אוֺר וְתוֺרָה מִצְוָה נֵרProverbs 6:23 the commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; so the Messian. servant is גּוֺיִם אוֺרIsaiah 42:6; 49:6; compare ׳א עַמִּים51:4; the advent of Messiah is shining of great light 9:1 (twice in verse).

10 light of face מָּנִים אוֺר‎ = bright, cheerful face (of men) Job 29:24; betokening king's favour Proverbs 16:15 (compare ׳א עֵינַיִםPsalm 38:11); of God = his shining, enlightening, favouring face 4:7; 44:4; 89:16.

11 Yahweh is ׳א יִשְׂרָאֵלIsaiah 10:17, as source enlightenment & prosperity; light & salvation Psalm 27:1; light to guide Micah 7:8 compare Psalm 43:3; everlasting light of Zion, instead of sun & moon Isaiah 60:19-20, house of Jacob is to walk in his light 2:5.