Keraia
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אוֹר

orlightHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine121 occurrences21 books110 verses

Definition

from H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Traditional renderings: bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אוֹר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

121 total
  1. Isaiah 60:20לְא֣וֹר · light
    Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
  2. Jeremiah 4:23אוֹרָֽם׃ · light
    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
  3. Jeremiah 13:16לְאוֹר֙ · for light
    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
  4. Jeremiah 25:10וְא֥וֹר · and the light
    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.
  5. Jeremiah 31:35לְא֣וֹר · for light; לְא֣וֹר · for light
    Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
  6. Lamentations 3:2אֽוֹר׃ · light
    He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
  7. Ezekiel 32:7אוֹרֽוֹ׃
    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.
  8. Ezekiel 32:8אוֹר֙ · lights
    All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
  9. Hosea 6:5א֥וֹר · like lightning
    Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
  10. Amos 5:18אֽוֹר׃ · light
    Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
  11. Amos 5:20א֑וֹר · light
    Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
  12. Amos 8:9אֽוֹר׃
    And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
  13. Micah 2:1בְּא֤וֹר · light
    Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
  14. Micah 7:8א֥וֹר · will be my light
    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  15. Micah 7:9לָא֔וֹר · into the light
    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
  16. Habakkuk 3:4כָּא֣וֹר · like the sunlight
    His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
  17. Habakkuk 3:11לְא֤וֹר · at the flash
    Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
  18. Zephaniah 3:5לָאוֹר֙ · at dawn
    The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
  19. Zechariah 14:6א֔וֹר · light
    On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
  20. Zechariah 14:7אֽוֹר׃ · light
    It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.