Or אוֹר

Or (Hebrew אוֹר, Strong's H216) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “light”. It occurs 121 times in 110 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Light

Verses

Every verse with Or, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:3
  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
• Genesis 1:4
  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:5
  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
• Genesis 1:18
  And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Exodus

• Exodus 10:23
  They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

Judges

• Judges 16:2
  And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
• Judges 19:26
  Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 14:36
  And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
• 1 Samuel 25:34
  For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
• 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 drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 17:22
  Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
• 2 Samuel 23:4
  And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 7:9
  Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 8:3
  And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

Job

• Job 3:9
  Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
• Job 3:16
  Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
• Job 3:20
  Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
• Job 12:22
  He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
• Job 12:25
  They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
• Job 17:12
  They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
• Job 18:5
  Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
• Job 18:6
  The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
• Job 18:18
  He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
• Job 22:28
  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
• Job 24:13
  They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
• Job 24:14
  The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
• Job 24:16
  In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
• Job 25:3
  Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
• Job 26:10
  He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
• Job 28:11
  He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
• Job 29:3
  When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
• Job 29:24
  If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
• Job 30:26
  When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
• Job 31:26
  If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
• Job 33:28
  He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
• Job 33:30
  To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
• Job 36:30
  Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
• Job 36:32
  With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
• Job 37:3
  He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
• Job 37:11
  Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
• Job 37:15
  Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
• Job 37:21
  And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
• Job 38:15
  And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
• Job 38:19
  Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
• Job 38:24
  By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
• Job 41:18
  By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

Psalms

• Psalm 4:6
  There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
• Psalm 27:1
  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?The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
• Psalm 36:9
  For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
• Psalm 37:6
  And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
• Psalm 38:10
  My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
• Psalm 43:3
  O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
• Psalm 44:3
  For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
• Psalm 49:19
  He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
• Psalm 56:13
  For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
• Psalm 78:14
  In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
• Psalm 89:15
  Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
• Psalm 97:11
  Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
• Psalm 104:2
  Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
• Psalm 112:4
  Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Psalm 119:105
  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• Psalm 136:7
  To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalm 139:11
  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
• Psalm 148:3
  Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 4:18
  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Proverbs 6:23
  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Proverbs 13:9
  The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
• Proverbs 16:15
  In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 2:13
  Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
• Ecclesiastes 11:7
  Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 12:2
  While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 2:5
  O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Isaiah 5:20
  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
• Isaiah 5:30
  And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
• Isaiah 9:2
  The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
• Isaiah 10:17
  And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
• Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
• Isaiah 18:4
  For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
• Isaiah 30:26
  Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
• 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 Gentiles;“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
• 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 things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
• Isaiah 45:7
  I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. 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 thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• Isaiah 51:4
  Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
• Isaiah 58:8
  Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
• Isaiah 58:10
  And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
• Isaiah 59:9
  Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
• Isaiah 60:1
  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• Isaiah 60:3
  And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
• Isaiah 60:19
  The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
• Isaiah 60:20
  Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:23
  I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
• 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 the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick 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 millstones, and the light of the candle.Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
• Jeremiah 31:35
  Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:2
  He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 32:7
  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
• Ezekiel 32:8
  All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

Hosea

• Hosea 6:5
  Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

Amos

• Amos 5:18
  Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
• Amos 5:20
  Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
• Amos 8:9
  And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

Micah

• 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.Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• 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.Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
• Micah 7:9
  I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:4
  And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
• Habakkuk 3:11
  The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:5
  The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 14:6
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
• Zechariah 14:7
  But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).