H0216 Hebrew

אוֹר

light

Lexicon Entry

Definition

light

Transliteration

Strong's Number

H0216

Occurrences

121

Semantic Domain

Light & Darkness

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

# The Hebrew Word אוֹר (or) — Light The Hebrew word אוֹר appears 121 times throughout the biblical text and carries the fundamental meaning of "light." This high frequency of occurrence indicates that light was a conceptually significant term in ancient Hebrew thought and writing. The word's repeated use across the biblical corpus suggests it functioned as a primary term for describing physical illumination as well as serving broader communicative purposes in religious and poetic contexts. Beyond its basic definition, the prevalence of אוֹר in biblical literature implies the word extended beyond literal descriptions of illumination. The 121 occurrences distributed throughout various biblical books—narrative, poetic, and prophetic—suggest that Hebrew writers employed this term flexibly to convey multiple layers of meaning, though the specific contexts and metaphorical applications cannot be detailed without access to the actual usage data. The word's recurrence in such high numbers indicates it was fundamental to how biblical authors constructed meaning, whether describing physical phenomena or abstract concepts.

Source data & methodology

Strong's: H0216
Lemma: אוֹר
Transliteration: or
Definition: light
Occurrences: 121
Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version: 1

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Occurrences in Scripture

121 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Nehemiah 8:3

He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

Job 3:9

Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

Job 3:16

or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

Job 3:20

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

Job 12:22

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

Job 17:12

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

Job 18:5

“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

Job 18:6

The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.

Job 18:18

He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Job 22:28

You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.

Job 24:13

“These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

Job 25:3

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

Job 26:10

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

Job 28:11

He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

Job 29:24

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.

Job 31:26

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’

Job 33:30

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 36:30

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:32

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

Job 37:3

He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

Job 37:11

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Job 37:15

Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Job 37:21

Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

Job 38:15

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

Job 38:19

“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

Job 38:24

By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

Job 41:18

His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Psalms 4:6

Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

Psalms 27:1

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalms 36:9

For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

Psalms 36:9

For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

Psalms 37:6

he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

Psalms 38:10

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

Psalms 43:3

Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.

Psalms 44:3

For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

Psalms 49:19

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

Psalms 56:13

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Psalms 78:14

In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

Psalms 89:15

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

Psalms 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Psalms 104:2

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.