אוֹר
or
light
Strong's H216NounHebrewTWOT 52aCreation

אוֹר (or) is a Hebrew noun meaning light. It appears 121 times in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H216).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 52a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 52a)light; morning light, dawn; daylight; lightning; light of life; light of prosperity; light of instruction; illumination, luminary; bright, clear, day, morning, sun
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אוֹר noun, masculine: light

Strong's H216 אוֹר: illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV:bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

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.

Root family 52: אוֹר ʾôr — be, become light; shine; lighted up; give light, light up, cause to shine, light, lighten, make shine; make, luminous; glorious, kindle, set on fire

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Genesis 1:3Judges 16:21 Samuel 14:36

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