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אוֹר (or) means “light” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אוֹר Hebrew · H216 121 tagged occurrences in 110 verses

Pronunciation guide: ore Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0216

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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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How translators render H216

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BSB rendering counts
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
KJV rendering counts
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

Verses containing H216

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  1. Psalms 38:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

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    Source alternate reference: 38.11

  2. Psalms 43:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.

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  3. Psalms 44:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

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    Source alternate reference: 44.4

  4. Psalms 49:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.

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    Source alternate reference: 49.20

  5. Psalms 56:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

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    Source alternate reference: 56.14

  6. Psalms 78:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

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  7. Psalms 89:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

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    Source alternate reference: 89.16

  8. Psalms 97:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

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  9. Psalms 104:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

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  10. Psalms 112:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

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  11. Psalms 119:105 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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  12. Psalms 136:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.

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  13. Psalms 139:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

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  14. Psalms 148:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

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  15. Proverbs 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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  16. Proverbs 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

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  17. Proverbs 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

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  18. Proverbs 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

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  19. Ecclesiastes 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

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  20. Ecclesiastes 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

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  21. Ecclesiastes 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

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  22. Isaiah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

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  23. Isaiah 5:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

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  24. Isaiah 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

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  25. Isaiah 9:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

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    Source alternate reference: 9.1

  26. Isaiah 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

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  27. Isaiah 13:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

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  28. Isaiah 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

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  29. Isaiah 30:26 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

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  30. Isaiah 42:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

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  31. Isaiah 42:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

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  32. Isaiah 45:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

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  33. Isaiah 49:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

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  34. Isaiah 51:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

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  35. Isaiah 58:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

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  36. Isaiah 58:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

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  37. Isaiah 59:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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  38. Isaiah 60:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

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  39. Isaiah 60:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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  40. Isaiah 60:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  41. Isaiah 60:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  42. Jeremiah 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

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  43. Jeremiah 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  44. Jeremiah 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  45. Jeremiah 31:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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:

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  46. Lamentations 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

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  47. Ezekiel 32:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  48. Ezekiel 32:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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  49. Hosea 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  50. Amos 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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