אוּר
ʾurîm
flame
Strong's H217NounHebrewTWOT 52d

אוּר (ʾurîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning flame. It appears 6 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H217).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 52d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 52d)flame; region of light, East; fire, light
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אוּר noun, masculine: flame

אֻרִים noun, masculine, plural: region of light, East

Strong's H217 אוּר: flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
KJV:fire, light. See also H224.

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

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 24:15Ezekiel 5:2

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