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Strong's H216 אוֹר (or)

Or means “light” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G216 — alalos (“dumb”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H216
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 110
Books 21

Strong's H216 Quick Answer

Strong's H216 אוֹר (owr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. owr (ore) n-f. 1. illumination 2. (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) It has 110 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include light, bright, lightning, and every. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
owr (ore) n-f. 1. illumination 2. (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Usage
110 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
light, bright, lightning, and every

Meaning and Definition

owr (ore) n-f. 1. illumination 2. (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) [from H215] KJV: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun. Root(s): H215

Original Word
אוֹר
Transliteration
owr
Derivation
Root: אור First root strongs: 215
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H216. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

light

Usage: 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light

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How Strong's H216 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render owr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

light Genesis 1:3 bright Job 37:11 every Zephaniah 3:5 lightning Job 37:3

How Strong's H216 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 110 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H216 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H216 in the Old Testament

110 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:3 KJV

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 1:4 KJV

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5 KJV

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Usage Excerpts

First 110 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H216.

Genesis 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Exodus 10:23 Old Testament, KJV
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Judges 16:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Judges 19:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
1 Samuel 14:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
1 Samuel 25:34 Old Testament, KJV
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel 25:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
2 Samuel 17:22 Old Testament, KJV
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
2 Samuel 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
2 Kings 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
Nehemiah 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Job 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 12:22 Old Testament, KJV
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:25 Old Testament, KJV
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Job 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 22:28 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job 25:3 Old Testament, KJV
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Job 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Job 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Job 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:24 Old Testament, KJV
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 30:26 Old Testament, KJV
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job 31:26 Old Testament, KJV
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Job 33:28 Old Testament, KJV
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Job 33:30 Old Testament, KJV
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 36:30 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job 36:32 Old Testament, KJV
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Job 37:3 Old Testament, KJV
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Job 37:11 Old Testament, KJV
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Job 37:15 Old Testament, KJV
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Job 37:21 Old Testament, KJV
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Job 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job 38:19 Old Testament, KJV
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 38:24 Old Testament, KJV
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Job 41:18 Old Testament, KJV
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Psalms 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 36:9 Old Testament, KJV
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psalms 37:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalms 38:10 Old Testament, KJV
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms 43:3 Old Testament, KJV
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Psalms 44:3 Old Testament, KJV
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Psalms 49:19 Old Testament, KJV
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Psalms 56:13 Old Testament, KJV
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Psalms 78:14 Old Testament, KJV
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Psalms 89:15 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms 97:11 Old Testament, KJV
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 104:2 Old Testament, KJV
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalms 112:4 Old Testament, KJV
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Psalms 119:105 Old Testament, KJV
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalms 136:7 Old Testament, KJV
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms 139:11 Old Testament, KJV
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psalms 148:3 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Proverbs 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Proverbs 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Ecclesiastes 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ecclesiastes 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Isaiah 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:30 Old Testament, KJV
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Isaiah 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
Isaiah 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Isaiah 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isaiah 30:26 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 42:6 Old Testament, KJV
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isaiah 42:16 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah 45:7 Old Testament, KJV
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 49:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah 51:4 Old Testament, KJV
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Isaiah 58:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.
Isaiah 58:10 Old Testament, KJV
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
Isaiah 59:9 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Isaiah 60:1 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isaiah 60:19 Old Testament, KJV
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Isaiah 60:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Jeremiah 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Jeremiah 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Jeremiah 31:35 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Lamentations 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Ezekiel 32:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ezekiel 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Hosea 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Amos 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Amos 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Micah 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Micah 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Habakkuk 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Habakkuk 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Zephaniah 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Zechariah 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Zechariah 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H216, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 32 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 18 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 20 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H216 FAQ

What does or (אוֹר) mean?

Or (Strong's H216) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "light". owr (ore) n-f. 1. illumination 2. (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

How many times is or (אוֹר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 110 linked usages for Strong's H216 across 21 books.

Where can I study or (אוֹר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H216 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate or (אוֹר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as light, bright, lightning, and every. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.