אוֹר or

Hebrew word for “light” · Strong’s H216 · used 121 times in 110 verses

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Meaning

1) light; 1a) light of day;

How it is translated

Glosses given for or in context, with how often each is used:

• light 113
• like the light 5
• lights 1
• like a light 1
• will be light 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 1 (4), Job 37 (4), Isaiah 60 (4), Job 3 (3), Job 18 (3), Job 24 (3), Job 38 (3), 1 Samuel 25 (2), Job 12 (2), Job 29 (2)

Forms

• אור 52
• לאור 20
• ואור 8
• באור 8
• האור 7
• כאור 5
• אורו 4
• אורך 4
• אורם 3
• וכאור 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with or more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֹשֶׁךְ choshekh “darkness” 25
• יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 9
• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 11
• בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 11
• חָשַׁךְ chashakh “to darken” 7
• נֹגַהּ nogah “brightness” 7
• רָאָה raah “to see” 16
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 10
• עַד ad “till” 14
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 14
• כּוֹכָב kokhav “star” 6
• נֵר ner “lamp” 6

Key verses

The verses using or that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 25:36 — 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…
• Psalms 27:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Proverbs 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isaiah 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the…
• Isaiah 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked…
• Isaiah 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Isaiah 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Isaiah 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into…
• Micah 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Micah 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.