תַּנּוּר tannur
Hebrew word for “oven” · Strong’s H8574 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove;
Senses in the lexicon
- oven (13)
- (Tower of) the Ovens (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tannur in context, with how often each is used:
- oven 6
- ovens 3
- like oven 2
- fire pot 1
- like a furnace 1
- like an oven 1
- like furnace 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Hosea 7 (3), Genesis 15 (1), Exodus 8 (1), Leviticus 2 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Nehemiah 3 (1), Nehemiah 12 (1), Psalms 21 (1)
Forms
- כתנור 5
- תנור 4
- בתנור 2
- התנורים 2
- ובתנוריך 1
- ותנור 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tannur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אָפָה aphah “to bake” 4
- בָּעַר baar “to burn” 3
- קָרַב qarav “to present” 3
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 3
- מִגְדָּל migdal “tower” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3
- שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 2
- מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 2
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 2
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
- כֶם khem “you” 2
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2
Key verses
The verses using tannur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 15:17 — And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
- Leviticus 2:4 — And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed…
- Leviticus 7:9 — And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
- Leviticus 26:26 — And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye…
- Nehemiah 3:11 — Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
- Psalms 21:9 — Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Isaiah 31:9 — And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in…
- Lamentations 5:10 — Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
- Hosea 7:4 — They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
- Hosea 7:6 — For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
- Hosea 7:7 — They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
- Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…
See all 15 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.