H3974 מָאוֹר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 19 KJV occurrences
מָאוֹר
mâʼôwr · maw-ore'
Definition
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV Renderings
bright, light.
Derivation / Etymology
or מָאֹר; also (in plural) feminine מְאוֹרָה; or מְאֹרָה; from H215 (אוֹר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 19)
- Genesis 1:14¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Exodus 35:8And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- Exodus 35:14The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
- Exodus 39:37The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
- Numbers 4:16¶ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
- Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.