Lexicon :: Strong's H5216 - nîr

נִיר

Transliteration

nîr

Pronunciation

neer

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From a primitive root [see נִיר (H5214); נוּר (H5135)] properly, meaning to glisten

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1333b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: ניר (Strongs and Gesenius) נרה (Strongs) נר (Strongs)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נִיר nîyr, neer; or נִר nir; also נֵיר nêyr; or נֵר nêr; or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh; from a primitive root (see H5214; H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):—candle, lamp, light.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5216 in the following manner: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

lamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5216: Abbreviations

I. נֵר₄₃ noun masculine^{Exodus 25:37} lamp; — נ׳ absolute Exodus 27:20 +, construct 1 Samuel 3:3 +; suffix נֵרִי Psalm 18:29, נֵירִי || 2 Samuel 22:29, etc.; plural נֵרוֺת absolute Leviticus 24:4 +; construct Exodus 39:37; suffix נֵרֹתֶיהָ Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 4:20; — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1 Samuel 3:3; especially of lampsin temple 1 Kings 7:49 + 7 times Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 times P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jeremiah 25:10; used in search Zephaniah 1:12, compare (figurative) נִשְׁמַת אָדָם נֵר י׳ Proverbs 20:27; used in household work Proverbs 31:18; figurative of prosperity יִשְׂרָאֵל נ׳ 2 Samuel 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 29:3; Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalm 132:17; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 24:20; of God's word as a guide Psalm 119:105, compare Proverbs 6:23.

† I. נִיר noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative לְמַעַן הֱיוֺתנֿ׳ לְדָוִיד 1 Kings 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19 2 Chronicles 21:7; happiness, delight (construct) נִר רְשָׁעִים Proverbs 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. נִיר below II. ניר below).

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