Strong's Hebrew · H224
H224 ʼÛwrîym
אוּרִים
oo-reem'
Urim
Looking for Greek G224 áleuron? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H224. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
ʼÛwrîym appears 7 times in Scripture, in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 Samuel, Ezra 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
Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
In the King James Version
Urim.
Derivation
plural of H217 (אוּר); lights;
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.”
“He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.”
“Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.”
“Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.”
“And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.”
“The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.”
“He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.””
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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).
