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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 36
    spellings

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

Sixteen of the word's forty-three uses are in Psalms.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

אוֹרorlightUses121
אוֹרָהorahlightUses4

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

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.

    Genesis 1:15

    • 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,

    Genesis 1:17

    • לְהָאִ֖ירlehairpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to give light
  • At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

    Genesis 44:3

    • 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.

    Exodus 13:21

    • 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.

    Exodus 14:20

    • 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.

    Exodus 25:37

    • 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;

    Numbers 6:25

    • 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.’”

    Numbers 8:2

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 14:27

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 14:29

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 29:10

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 2:32

    • 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.

    Ezra 9:8

    • 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.

    Nehemiah 9:12

    • 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.

    Nehemiah 9:19

    • 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.

    Job 33:30

    • 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!

    Job 41:32

    • 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,

    Psalms 13:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 18:28

    • 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.

    Psalms 19:8

    • מְאִירַ֥תmeiratverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: enlightening
  • Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

    Psalms 31:16

    • 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

    Psalms 67:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 76:4

    • 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.

    Psalms 77:18

    • 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.

    Psalms 80:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 80:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 80:19

    • הָאֵ֥רhaerverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make shine
  • His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

    Psalms 97:4

    • 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.

    Psalms 105:39

    • 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.

    Psalms 118:27

    • וַיָּ֪אֶרvaiyaerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has given light
  • The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

    Psalms 119:130

    • יָאִ֗ירyairverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it gives light
  • Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

    Psalms 119:135

    • 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.

    Psalms 139:12

    • 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.

    Proverbs 4:18

    • 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.

    Proverbs 29:13

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 8:1

    • 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.

    Isaiah 27:11

    • 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.

    Isaiah 60:1

    • 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.

    Isaiah 60:19

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 32:7

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 43:2

    • 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.

    Daniel 9:17

    • 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.

    Malachi 1:10

    • תָאִ֥ירוּtairuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will set light to

The letters

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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