אוֹר (or) means “light” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ore Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אוֹר · or · light
1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light
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from H215 (אוֹר); illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV glosses: bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| light | 23 |
| the light | 13 |
| and the light | 5 |
| for light | 5 |
| your light | 4 |
| his lightning | 3 |
| in the light | 3 |
| a light | 2 |
| and a light | 2 |
| and light | 2 |
| dawn | 2 |
| daybreak | 2 |
| into light | 2 |
| lights | 2 |
| to light | 2 |
| against the light | 1 |
| and by his light | 1 |
| and with a light | 1 |
| as bright as the sun | 1 |
| at dawn | 1 |
| at the flash | 1 |
| at the sun | 1 |
| brightens | 1 |
| daylight | 1 |
| does his light | 1 |
| even the light | 1 |
| for daylight | 1 |
| from light | 1 |
| in light | 1 |
| in your light | 1 |
| into the light | 1 |
| is a light | 1 |
| is light | 1 |
| is like the first gleam | 1 |
| is like the light | 1 |
| is my light | 1 |
| is the lightning | 1 |
| it was light | 1 |
| its light | 1 |
| just as light | 1 |
| like lightning | 1 |
| like the dawn | 1 |
| like the light | 1 |
| like the sunlight | 1 |
| making light | 1 |
| of light | 1 |
| or makes the lightning | 1 |
| the lamp | 1 |
| the light of day | 1 |
| the light of the moon | 1 |
| the sun | 1 |
| the sunshine | 1 |
| their light | 1 |
| then your light | 1 |
| to your light | 1 |
| when daylight is gone | 1 |
| will be my light | 1 |
| with light | 1 |
| with lightning | 1 |
| with the light | 1 |
| you a light | 1 |
| you shining | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| light | 20 |
| the light | 13 |
| and the light | 5 |
| for light | 5 |
| for a light | 4 |
| in the light | 4 |
| as the light | 3 |
| to light | 3 |
| a light | 2 |
| and not light | 2 |
| lights | 2 |
| their light | 2 |
| then shall thy light | 2 |
| with the light | 2 |
| against the light | 1 |
| and a light | 1 |
| and his lightning | 1 |
| and light | 1 |
| and there was light | 1 |
| and upon whom doth not his light | 1 |
| as far as light | 1 |
| at the light | 1 |
| by his light | 1 |
| for thy light | 1 |
| from light | 1 |
| from the morning | 1 |
| give light | 1 |
| had light | 1 |
| her light | 1 |
| his bright | 1 |
| his light | 1 |
| in the clear | 1 |
| in thy light | 1 |
| is light | 1 |
| is the light | 1 |
| it shall be light | 1 |
| me as for the light | 1 |
| moreover the light | 1 |
| my light | 1 |
| no light | 1 |
| not and the light | 1 |
| not the light | 1 |
| of light | 1 |
| or the light | 1 |
| shall be as the light | 1 |
| shall be light | 1 |
| shall be no more thy light | 1 |
| shall not cause her light | 1 |
| the flood | 1 |
| the sun | 1 |
| thee for a light | 1 |
| them and caused the light | 1 |
| thy light | 1 |
| till it was light | 1 |
| to the light | 1 |
| to thy light | 1 |
| truly the light | 1 |
| until the day | 1 |
| unto thee and the light | 1 |
| upon herbs | 1 |
| upon them hath the light | 1 |
| was as the light | 1 |
| when it is day | 1 |
| wherefore is light | 1 |
| with a light | 1 |
| with light | 1 |
| without light | 1 |
| yea the light | 1 |
Page 1 of 3. 110 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Read word by wordAnd God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Read word by wordGod called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Read word by wordto preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Read word by wordNo one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Read word by wordWhen the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Read word by wordEarly that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
Read word by wordAnd Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
Read word by wordOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
Read word by wordWhen Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Read word by wordSo David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
Read word by wordis like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Read word by wordFinally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
Read word by wordSo Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
Read word by wordMay its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Read word by wordOr why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
Read word by wordWhy is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Read word by wordHe reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Read word by wordThey grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Read word by wordThey have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Read word by wordIndeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Read word by wordThe light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Read word by wordHe is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Read word by wordYour decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Read word by wordThen there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Read word by wordWhen daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Read word by wordIn the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
Read word by wordCan His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Read word by wordHe has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Read word by wordHe stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
Read word by wordwhen His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Read word by wordIf I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
Read word by wordBut when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Read word by wordif I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
Read word by wordHe redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
Read word by wordto bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Read word by wordSee how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
Read word by wordHe fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
Read word by wordHe unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Read word by wordHe loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Read word by wordDo you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
Read word by wordNow no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
Read word by wordLight is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
Read word by wordWhere is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Read word by wordIn which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Read word by wordHis snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.10
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.7
Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
Read word by wordFor with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 36.10
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
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