אוֹרָה
o.rah
“light”
Definition
luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright)
feminine of H216 (אוֹר);
- light 2) light of joy and happiness (fig.)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אוֹרָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise.Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!For your dew is like the dew of the morning,and the earth will bring forth her dead.
even the darkness is not dark to You,but the night shines like the day,for darkness is as light to You.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.