אוֹר (ʾôr) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be light. It appears
43 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H215).
Also rendered
to light
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 52)
Range of meaning (TWOT 52)be, become light; shine; lighted up; give light, light up, cause to shine, light, lighten, make shine; make, luminous; glorious, kindle, set on fire
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אוֹרverb: be, become light
Qalbecome light, shine of sun (especially in early morn.)
Niphalbecome lighted up of day-break
Hiphil
1.give light, of sun, moon & stars
2.light up, cause to shine, shine
3.light a lamp
4.lighten, of the eyes
5.make shine, of face of God
Strong's H215אוֹר: to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically) KJV:× break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.