אוּר
ur · Ur
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H218 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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ur (אוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ur”.
A city of Mesopotamia, "of the Chaldeans", from which Abram's family went out.
How to say it
ur
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.
The place
Ur ?
Today: possibly Tell el-Muqayyar, southern Iraq
A city in Mesopotamia, probably in what is now southern Iraq; its location is debated.
Abram and his family left Ur of the Chaldeans for Canaan (Gen 11:31). God had brought him out from there (Gen 15:7).
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Where it appears
- Genesis 11:28
Haran died in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, Lot son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Haran and settled there.
- Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, “I am YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:35
Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite; Eliphal son of Ur;
- Nehemiah 9:7
You are YHWH, the Elohim who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name Abraham;