נֵר ner

Hebrew word for “lamp” · Strong’s H5216 · used 49 times in 43 verses

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Meaning

lamp; Also means: nir (נִיר "lamp" H5216B)

Senses in the lexicon

• lamp (44)
• lamp (5)

How it is translated

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

• lamps 26
• lamp 23

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 30 (2), Exodus 40 (2), Leviticus 24 (2), Numbers 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 4 (2), Proverbs 20 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 37 (1)

Forms

• נר 11
• נרתיה 9
• הנרת 4
• ניר 4
• הנרות 3
• ונרתיה 3
• ונר 2
• ונרתיהם 2
• נרו 2
• נרת 1

Words used with it

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

• מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 12
• דָּעַךְ daakh “to put out” 5
• מָאוֹר maor “light” 5
• מֶלְקָחַיִם melqach “tong” 4
• אוֹר or “light” 6
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 9
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 7
• כָּבָה kavah “to quench” 4
• שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 5
• קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 4
• חֹשֶׁךְ choshekh “darkness” 4
• טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 25:37 — And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
• 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.
• 1 Kings 11:36 — And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name…
• 1 Kings 15:4 — Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
• 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…
• Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• Psalms 132:17 — There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
• Proverbs 6:23 — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Proverbs 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
• Jeremiah 25:10 — Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the…
• Zephaniah 1:12 — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart,…
• Zechariah 4:2 — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps…

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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.