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HebrewH0218Proper Noun (Masculine)

אוּר

ur

5Occurrences
H0218Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite

the same as H217 (אוּר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אוּר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:35BSB

Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite,Eliphal son of Ur,

Genesis 11:28BSB

During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Genesis 11:31BSB

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 15:7BSB

The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

Nehemiah 9:7BSB

You are the LORD,the God who chose Abram,who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeansand gave him the name Abraham.

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