Midvash

אוֹרʼôwr

light

Pronunciation: ore · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H216

Meanings

1. light (Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:4; Genesis 1:5)

2. morning light, dawn (Judges 16:2; 1 Samuel 14:36; 1 Samuel 25:34)

3. light (Isaiah 30:26; Psalms 148:3; Ezekiel 32:8)

4. daylight (Job 38:15; Amos 8:9)

5. lightning (Job 36:32; Job 37:3; Job 37:11)

6. light of lamp (Proverbs 13:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Job 41:10)

7. light of life (Job 33:30; Psalms 56:14; Job 3:16)

8. light of prosperity (Job 22:28; Job 30:26; Psalms 97:11)

9. light of instruction (Proverbs 6:23; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6)

10. light of face (Job 29:24; Proverbs 16:15; Psalms 38:11)

11. Yahweh is יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ א (Isaiah 10:17; Psalms 27:1; Micah 7:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 121 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
  • Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
  • Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
  • Genesis 1:18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
  • Exodus 10:23 During all that time the people could not see each other, and no one moved. But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived.
  • Judges 16:2 Word soon spread that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. They kept quiet during the night, saying to themselves, “When the light of morning comes, we will kill him.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).