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אוֹר H216

H216 is the Hebrew word אוֹר, transliterated ʼôwr and said ore. The King James Version most often renders it light.

Word: אוֹרTransliteration: ʼôwrSaid: oreLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 99 verses

What it means

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.).

Where it comes from

from H215 (אוֹר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 95 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

light 83×lights 2×day 1×morning 1×wherefore is light 1×without light 1×yea the light 1×against the light 1×until the day 1×sun 1×lightning 1×bright 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

Verses using אוֹר

The first 40 of 99 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:3 · KJV

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 1:4 · KJV

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5 · KJV

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:18 · KJV

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Exodus 10:23 · KJV

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Judges 16:2 · KJV

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

1 Samuel 14:36 · KJV

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

1 Samuel 25:22 · KJV

So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

1 Samuel 25:34 · KJV

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

1 Samuel 25:36 · KJV

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

2 Samuel 17:22 · KJV

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

2 Samuel 23:4 · KJV

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

2 Kings 7:9 · KJV

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

Nehemiah 8:3 · KJV

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Job 3:9 · KJV

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Job 3:20 · KJV

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Job 12:22 · KJV

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:25 · KJV

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Job 17:12 · KJV

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 18:5 · KJV

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Job 18:6 · KJV

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Job 18:18 · KJV

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Job 22:28 · KJV

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Job 24:13 · KJV

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Job 24:14 · KJV

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Job 25:3 · KJV

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Job 26:10 · KJV

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Job 29:3 · KJV

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Job 29:24 · KJV

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Job 30:26 · KJV

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Job 31:26 · KJV

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

Job 33:30 · KJV

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 36:30 · KJV

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:32 · KJV

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Job 37:3 · KJV

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Job 37:11 · KJV

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Job 37:15 · KJV

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Job 37:21 · KJV

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Job 38:15 · KJV

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Job 38:19 · KJV

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Common questions

What does Strong's H216 mean?

H216 is the Hebrew word אוֹר (ʼôwr), meaning illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.).

How is H216 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it light (83 times), lights (2 times), day (1 time), morning (1 time), wherefore is light (1 time), among others.

How many times does H216 appear in the Bible?

אוֹר (ʼôwr) is tagged in 99 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H216 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H215 (אוֹר).

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