Ur אוּר
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| אוּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ur |
| Strong's number | H218 (H0218B, H0218A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Ur |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (3) |
Ur (Hebrew אוּר, Strong's H218) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Ur”. It occurs 5 times.
Definition
H0218B: Ur
§ Ur = "flame"
city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan
city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan
H0218A: Ur
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.35;
father of: Eliphal (H0465)
§ Ur = "flame"
father of one of David's heroes
father of: Eliphal (H0465)
§ Ur = "flame"
father of one of David's heroes
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | ur (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | ur (3), out of ur (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Ur, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 15:7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 11:35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 9:7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).