nur · fire

What it means

nur (נוּר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “fire”.

(Aramaic).

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, gives heat and consumes what it touches.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Daniel 3:6

  And whoever does not fall down and bow down at that very moment will be thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing.”

• Daniel 3:11

  and whoever does not fall down and bow down shall be thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing.

• Daniel 3:15

  Now if you are ready at the moment that you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the sambuca, the psaltery, and the bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and bow down to the image that I made, good; but if you do not bow down, at that very moment you will be thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing; and who is the Elah who will deliver you from my hands?”

• Daniel 3:17

  If it is so, our Elah whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of fire blazing, and from your hand, O king, he will deliver us.

• Daniel 3:20

  And to certain men, mighty men of strength who were in his army, he said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to throw them into the furnace of fire blazing.

• Daniel 3:21

  Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, and their caps, and their other garments, and were thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing.

• Daniel 3:22

  Because of this, because the king’s word was harsh and the furnace was heated exceedingly, those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, the flame of the fire killed them.

• Daniel 3:23

  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing.

• Daniel 3:24

  Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste; he answered and said to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

• Daniel 3:25

  He answered and said, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm in them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

• Daniel 3:26

  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of fire blazing; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of Elah Illaya, come out and come!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.

• Daniel 3:27

  And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors and the advisers of the king were gathered and were seeing these men, that the fire had not had power over their bodies, and the hair of their head was not singed, and their cloaks had not changed, and the smell of fire had not passed on them.

• Daniel 7:9

  I was looking until thrones were set, and an Ancient of Days sat down; his clothing was white like snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

• Daniel 7:10

  A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before him; thousands upon thousands were serving him, and myriads upon myriads were standing before him; the court sat, and the books were opened.

And 3 more times.