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Strong’s H3974 · Hebrew

מָאוֹר

mâʼôwr · maw-ore'

Origin or מָאֹר; also (in plural) feminine מְאוֹרָה; or מְאֹרָה; from אוֹר (H215);

Meaning properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier

In the King James Version bright, light.

In 16 verses of the King James Version

  1. Genesis 1:14And 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:
  2. Genesis 1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
  3. 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.
  4. Exodus 25:6Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
  5. Exodus 27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
  6. Exodus 35:8And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
  7. Exodus 35:14The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
  8. Exodus 35:28And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
  9. 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,
  10. Leviticus 24:2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
  11. Numbers 4:9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
  12. Numbers 4:16And 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.
  13. Psalms 74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
  14. Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
  15. Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
  16. Ezekiel 32:8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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