אוּר

urProper Noun (Masculine)H0218

Ur

From: the same as H217 (אוּר);

Short Definition

Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; father of: Eliphal (H0465) § Ur = "flame" father of one of David's heroes

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

5 times

Appears 5 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 11:35
  • Genesis 11:28
  • Genesis 11:31
  • Genesis 15:7
  • Nehemiah 9:7

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.