Ner נֵר

Ner (Hebrew נֵר, Strong's H5216) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lamp”. It occurs 49 times in 43 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5216A: lamp

H5216B: lamp

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Exodus

• 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.Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
• Exodus 27:20
  And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
• Exodus 30:7
  And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
• Exodus 30:8
  And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
• Exodus 35:14
  The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;
• Exodus 37:23
  And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
• Exodus 39:37
  The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
• Exodus 40:4
  And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
• Exodus 40:25
  And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Leviticus

• 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.“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
• Leviticus 24:4
  He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

Numbers

• Numbers 4:9
  And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.
• Numbers 8:2
  Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
• Numbers 8:3
  And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses.And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 3:3
  And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 21:17
  But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
• 2 Samuel 22:29
  For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 7:49
  And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
• 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 there.I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose 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:Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 8:19
  Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 28:15
  Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 4:20
  Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
• 2 Chronicles 4:21
  And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
• 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 the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
• 2 Chronicles 21:7
  Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
• 2 Chronicles 29:7
  Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

Job

• 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 21:17
  How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
• 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,

Psalms

• Psalm 18:28
  For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
• 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 132:17
  There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

Proverbs

• 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 20:20
  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
• Proverbs 20:27
  The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
• Proverbs 21:4
  An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
• Proverbs 24:20
  For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
• Proverbs 31:18
  She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

Jeremiah

• 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.

Zephaniah

• 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, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

Zechariah

• 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 thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.

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).