תַּנּוּר
Transliteration
tannûr
Pronunciation
tan-noor'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From נִיר (H5216)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2526

Strong’s Definitions

תַּנּוּר tannûwr, tan-noor'; from H5216; a fire-pot:—furnace, oven.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H8574 in the following manner: oven (11x), furnace (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H8574 in the following manner: oven (11x), furnace (4x).

  1. furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove

    1. for cooking

    2. of God's wrath, His furnace (fig)

    3. of hunger, desire for evil

    4. fire-pot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּנּוּר tannûwr, tan-noor'; from H5216; a fire-pot:—furnace, oven.
STRONGS H8574: Abbreviations
† תַּנּוּר noun masculineLeviticus 26:26 portable stove or fire-pot (loan-word from Assyrian tinûru, id., according to DHMVOJ i. 23 (otherwise DvorakZK i. 155 ff.); ת׳, a large earthen jar, still in Syria, WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Gesell., 1882, 467 WhitehouseHeb. Antiq. 7,3 ARSKEB l. 605; Arabic is loan-word from Aramaic תַּנּוּרָא, , and this from Persian tanûra, according to Frä26); — ת׳ absolute Hosea 7:4 +, construct Genesis 15:17; Psalm 21:10; plural תַּנּוּרִים Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 12:38; — fire-pot, for baking (אָפָה) Hosea 7:4 (read בֹּעֵר הֵ֑ם אֹפֵהוּ וגו׳ ת׳, OortTh. Tijdschr. 1890, 480 ff. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 88), compare Hosea 7:6; Hosea 7:7; (all in simile), Exodus 7:28 (J), Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 7:9; Leviticus 26:26 (P), also (breakable) Leviticus 11:35; עָשָׁן ת׳ Genesis 15:17 (JE) in vision, symbol of י׳'s presence, compare Isaiah 31:9 (|| אוּר); simile of heat Lamentations 5:10, of judgment Malachi 3:19 [Malachi 4:1], and so אֵשׁ ת׳ Psalm 21:10; מִגְדַּל הַתַּנּוּרִים Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 12:38 a tower on wall of Jerusalem.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17; 15:17

Leviticus

2:4; 7:9; 11:35; 26:26; 26:26

Nehemiah

3:11; 3:11; 12:38; 12:38

Psalms

21:10; 21:10

Isaiah

31:9

Lamentations

5:10

Hosea

7:4; 7:4; 7:6; 7:7

Malachi

4:1