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נוּר nur
Hebrew word for “fire” · Strong’s H5135 · used 17 times in 14 verses
Meaning
fire
How it is translated
Glosses given for nur in context, with how often each is used:
- fire the 13
- fire 4
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 17 | 2.9 |
Chapters where it is used most
Forms
- נורא 13
- נור 4
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַתּוּן attun “furnace” 9
- יְקַד yeqad “to burn” 8
- גַּו gav “midst” 8
- דִּי di “that” 11
- רְמָא remah “to cast” 7
- גְּבַר gevar “man” 7
- לָא la “not” 6
- כְּפַת kephat “to bind” 4
- נְפַל nephal “to fall” 4
- שַׁדְרַךְ shadrakh “Shadrach” 4
- מֵישַׁךְ meshakh “Meshach” 4
- עֲבֵד נְגוֹ aved nego “Abednego” 4
Key verses
The verses using nur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 3:6 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and…
- Daniel 3:17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- Daniel 3:20 — And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:22 — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and…
- Daniel 3:23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:24 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of…
- Daniel 3:25 — He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
- Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high…
- Daniel 3:27 — And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was…
- Daniel 7:9 — I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his…
- Daniel 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the…
See all 14 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.