Hebrew verb · H215
אוֹר
orore
to light
43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼôwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H215is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 39Old Testament books
- 36spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H215
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
The King James renders it: [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
or is rendered "to light". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.
The first use
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:15לְהָאִ֖יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to give light4
- and make shine3
- make shine3
- to light up3
- it makes shine2
- may he make shine2
- and he has given light1
- and it became light1
- and it lit up1
- and it will be light1
- and it will give light1
- and shines1
and 20 more, 43 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 43, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
36 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְהָאִ֣יר3
- הֵאִ֣ירוּ2
- וְהָאֵ֥ר2
- יָאִ֣יר2
- לְהָאִ֖יר2
- תָּאִ֣יר2
- א֑וֹר1
- א֖וֹרִי1
- אֹ֣רוּ1
- הֵאִ֥ירָה1
- הָאִ֥ירָה1
- הָאִ֣ירָה1
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)7HR/Vhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVhi3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HC/Vhv2ms
- Hc/Vhw3ms2Hc/Vhw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhj3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVhp3cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular2HVhv2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he2HVhv2ms/Sh
- Hc/Vhq3ms1Hc/Vhq3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- Hc/Vqw2fp1Hc/Vqw2fp
Genesis
three uses
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
- לְהָאִ֖ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to give light
God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
- לְהָאִ֖ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to give light
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
- א֑וֹרʾorverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was light
Exodus
three uses
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- לְהָאִ֣ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to give light
so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
- וַיָּ֖אֶרvaiyaerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it lit up
Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
- וְהֵאִ֖ירveheirHc/Vhq3mstagged: and it will give light
Numbers
two uses
may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
- יָאֵ֨רyaerverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he make shine
“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
- יָאִ֖ירוּyairuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will give light
1 Samuel
three uses
Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
- וַתָּאֹ֖רְנָהvataronahHc/Vqw2fptagged: and they brightened
“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
- אֹ֣רוּʾoruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they brightened
Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
- וְא֥וֹרveorHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be light
2 Samuel
one use
Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
- וַיֵּאֹ֥רvaiyeorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became light
Ezra
one use
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
- לְהָאִ֤ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to light up
Nehemiah
two uses
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
- לְהָאִ֣ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to light up
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
- לְהָאִ֣ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to light up
Job
two uses
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
- לֵ֝א֗וֹרleorpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be lighted up
He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
- יָאִ֣ירyairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it makes shine
Psalms
sixteen uses
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- הָאִ֥ירָהhairahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give light to
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- תָּאִ֣ירtairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you light
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
- מְאִירַ֥תmeiratverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: enlightening
Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
- הָאִ֣ירָהhairahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: make shine
May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
- יָ֤אֵ֥רyaerverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he make shine
You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
- נָ֭אוֹרnaorverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: lighted up
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- הֵאִ֣ירוּheiruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they lit up
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- וְהָאֵ֥רvehaerconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and make shine
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- וְהָאֵ֥רvehaerconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and make shine
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- הָאֵ֥רhaerverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make shine
His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- הֵאִ֣ירוּheiruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they light up
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- לְהָאִ֥ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to give light
The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
- וַיָּ֪אֶרvaiyaerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has given light
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
- יָאִ֗ירyairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it gives light
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
- הָאֵ֣רhaerverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make shine
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
- יָאִ֑ירyairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it shines
Proverbs
two uses
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- וָ֝א֗וֹרvaorconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and shines
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
- מֵ֤אִיר־meir-verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: giving light to
Ecclesiastes
one use
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
- תָּאִ֣ירtairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it makes shine
Isaiah
three uses
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- מְאִיר֣וֹתmeirotverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine pluraltagged: setting light to
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- א֖וֹרִיʾoriverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: shine
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.
- יָאִ֣ירyairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will shine
Ezekiel
two uses
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.
- יָאִ֥ירyairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will give light
and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
- הֵאִ֥ירָהheirahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it gave light
Daniel
one use
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
- וְהָאֵ֣רvehaerconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and make shine
Malachi
one use
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
- תָאִ֥ירוּtairuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will set light to
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
