תַּנּוּר
tan.nur
“(Tower of) the Ovens”
Definition
a fire-pot
from H5216 (נִיר);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
תַּנּוּר appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
For they prepare their heart like an ovenwhile they lie in wait;all night their anger smolders;in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Their rock will pass away for fear,and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,”declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
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