Strong's Hebrew · H218
H218 ʼÛwr
אוּר
oor
Ur
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ʼÛwr appears 5 times in Scripture, in Genesis, 1 Chronicles and Nehemiah. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite
In the King James Version
Ur.
Derivation
the same as H217 (אוּר);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.”
“The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.””
“During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.”
“You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.”
“Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
