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ʾōr אוֹר ‘light’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾōr אוֹר ‘to light’
Roots: אור

ʾōr n, f
1) light
 1a) light of day
 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars)
 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light
 1d) daylight
 1e) lightning
 1f) light of lamp
 1g) light of life
 1h) light of prosperity
 1i) light of instruction
 1j) light of face (fig.)
 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light

Mentioned in Genesis 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:18, 44:3 Exodus 10:23 Judges 19:26, 16:2 1 Samuel 25:36, 25:34, 14:36 2 Samuel 17:22, 23:4 2 Kings 7:9 Isaiah 60:20, 60:1, 60:19, 2:5, 5:20, 5:30, 9:1, 10:17, 13:10, 30:26, 42:6, 42:16, 45:7, 49:6, 51:4, 58:8, 58:10, 59:9, 60:3 Jeremiah 25:10, 4:23, 13:16, 31:35 Ezekiel 32:8, 32:7 Hosea 6:5 Amos 8:9, 5:18, 5:20 Micah 2:1, 7:8, 7:9 Habakkuk 3:4, 3:11 Zephaniah 3:5 Zechariah 14:6, 14:7 Psalms 49:20, 4:7, 27:1, 36:10, 37:6, 38:11, 43:3, 44:4, 56:14, 78:14, 89:16, 97:11, 104:2, 112:4, 118:27, 119:105, 136:7, 139:11, 148:3 Proverbs 4:18, 6:23, 13:9, 16:15 Job 24:14, 18:6, 3:16, 33:30, 3:9, 3:20, 12:22, 12:25, 17:12, 18:5, 18:18, 22:28, 24:13, 24:16, 25:3, 26:10, 28:11, 29:3, 29:24, 30:26, 31:26, 33:28, 36:30, 36:32, 37:3, 37:11, 37:15, 37:21, 38:15, 38:19, 38:24, 41:10 Lamentations 3:2 Ecclesiastes 2:13, 11:7, 12:2 Nehemiah 8:3

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