Strong's Hebrew · H5216

H5216 nîyr

נִיר

neer

candle, lamp, light.

When nîyr is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see H5214 (נִיר); H5135 (נוּר)) properly, meaning to glisten;

Appears 49 times in Scripture

Exodus 30:7

And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

Exodus 30:8

When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

Exodus 40:4

Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

Exodus 37:23

He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.

Leviticus 24:2

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Exodus 25:37

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

Exodus 27:20

And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Exodus 39:37

the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

When nîyr is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what nîyr means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

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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).

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