פּוּר (pur) means “Purim” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: poor Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
פּוּר · pur · Purim
§ Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece" means: lot a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions
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also (plural) פּוּרִים; or פֻּרִים; from H6331 (פּוּר); a lot (as by means of a broken piece)
KJV glosses: Pur, Purim.
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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 |
|---|---|
| of purim | 2 |
| the pur | 2 |
| about purim | 1 |
| concerning purim | 1 |
| pur | 1 |
| purim | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of purim | 4 |
| pur | 2 |
| of pur | 1 |
| purim | 1 |
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In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Read word by wordFor Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Read word by wordTherefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Read word by wordThese days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Read word by wordSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Read word by wordin order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Read word by wordSo Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
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