Ur אוּר

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Ur
אוּר
Transliterationur
Strong's numberH217 (H0217A, H0217B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossflame
Occurrences6 in 6 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (5)

Ur (Hebrew אוּר, Strong's H217) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “flame”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0217A: flame

flame, light of fire

H0217B: flame

region of light, East

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

Translated as

KJVfire (4), fires (1), light (1)
BSBfire (2), east (1), light (1)

Verses

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

Isaiah

Ezekiel

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).
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