נִירnîyr
נֵר: lamp (Exodus 25:37; Exodus 27:20; 1 Samuel 3:3; Psalms 18:29; 2 Samuel 22:29)
Pronunciation: neer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5216
Meanings
נִיר: lamp, always figurative (1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Proverbs 21:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 49 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 25:37 Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
- Exodus 27:20 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Exodus 30:7 “Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.
- Exodus 30:8 And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.
- Exodus 35:14 for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;
- Exodus 37:23 He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
See every passage
- Exodus 25:37, 27:20, 30:7, 30:8, 35:14, 37:23, 39:37, 40:4, 40:25
- Leviticus 24:2, 24:4
- Numbers 4:9, 8:2, 8:3
- 1 Samuel 3:3
- 2 Samuel 21:17, 22:29
- 1 Kings 7:49, 11:36, 15:4
- 2 Kings 8:19
- 1 Chronicles 28:15
- 2 Chronicles 4:20, 4:21, 13:11, 21:7, 29:7
- Job 18:6, 21:17, 29:3
- Psalms 18:28, 119:105, 132:17
- Proverbs 6:23, 13:9, 20:20, 20:27, 21:4, 24:20, 31:18
- Jeremiah 25:10
- Zephaniah 1:12
- Zechariah 4:2
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).