H5216 נִיר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 48 KJV occurrences
נִיר
nîyr · neer
Definition
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings
candle, lamp, light.
Derivation / Etymology
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 48)
- Exodus 25:37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
- Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- Leviticus 24:4He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
- 2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 28:15Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
- Psalms 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
- Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.