עוּר
ur
“to rouse”
Definition
to wake (literally or figuratively)
a primitive root (rather identical with through the idea of opening the eyes);
- to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite 1a) (Qal) to rouse oneself, awake 1b) (Niphal) to be roused 1c) (Polel) to stir up, rouse, incite 1d) (Hithpolel) to be excited, be triumphant 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to rouse, stir up 1e2) to act in an aroused manner, awake
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
עוּר appears 53 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
This is the list of David’s mighty men:Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name.He will march over rulers as if they were mortar,like a potter who treads the clay.
Behold, an army is coming from the north;a great nation and many kings are stirred upfrom the ends of the earth.
Hatred stirs up dissension,but love covers all transgressions.
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