Strong's H5216

נִיר

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

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;

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, נִיר is translated as: candle, lamp, light..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.