Strong's Hebrew · H215
אוֹר
ʼôwr · ore
[idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Definition
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 42 times in Scripture
““Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.”
“And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.”
“so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.”
“At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.”
“Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.”
“may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;”
“And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.”
“He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!”
““Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’””
“God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).