ur · light, flame; east

What it means

ur (אוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “light, flame; east”.

Light, flame; in the plural, the regions of light, the east.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What burns and gives heat and brightness.
2. In the plural, the lands where the sun rises.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fire ×3
• light ×2
• blaze ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Isaiah×5
• Ezekiel×1

• Isaiah 24:15

  Therefore in the regions of light honor YHWH, in the coastlands of the sea, the name of YHWH, Elohim of Israel.

• Isaiah 31:9

  And his crag will pass away because of terror, and his princes will be dismayed at the banner, declares YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 44:16

  Half of it he burns in the fire; over half of it he eats meat; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the blaze!”

• Isaiah 47:14

  Look, they are like stubble; fire burns them; they will not deliver their soul from the hand of the flame; there is no coal for warming oneself, no fire to sit before.

• Isaiah 50:11

  Look, all of you who kindle fire, who gird yourselves with firebrands: walk in the light of your fire, and among the firebrands that you have set ablaze. From my hand this has come to you: in torment you will lie down.

• Ezekiel 5:2

  A third you will burn with fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed; and you will take a third and strike it with the sword all around it; and a third you will scatter to the wind, and a sword I will unsheathe after them.