Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H3974
מָאוֹר maor
Hebrew word for “light” · Strong’s H3974 · used 19 times in 16 verses
Meaning
light, luminary
How it is translated
Glosses given for maor in context, with how often each is used:
- light 12
- luminaries 4
- luminary 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 1 (3), Exodus 35 (3), Numbers 4 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Leviticus 24 (1), Psalms 74 (1), Psalms 90 (1), Proverbs 15 (1)
Forms
- המאור 7
- למאור 5
- מאור 2
- מארת 1
- למאורת 1
- המארת 1
- למאר 1
- מאורי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 9
- נֵר ner “lamp” 5
- סַם sam “spice” 4
- מִשְׁחָה mishchah “anointing” 4
- קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 4
- בֶּשֶׂם besem “spice” 3
- מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 3
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 4
- כָּתִית katit “beaten” 2
- תָּמִיד tamid “continually” 3
- זַךְ zakh “pure” 2
- רָקִיעַ raqia “expanse” 2
Key verses
The verses using maor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,…
- Genesis 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Exodus 25:6 — Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- Exodus 27:20 — And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
- Exodus 35:8 — And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- Exodus 39:37 — The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
- Leviticus 24:2 — Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
- Numbers 4:9 — And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels…
- Numbers 4:16 — And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the…
- Psalms 74:16 — The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
- Psalms 90:8 — Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- Proverbs 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
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.