Puwr - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H6332 פּוּר פּוּרִים פּוּרִים (Puwr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Puwr (poor) (also (plural) Puwriym {poo-reem'} or Puriym {poo-reem'};) n-m. 1. a lot (as by means of a broken piece) [from H6331] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include lot. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Puwr (poor) (also (plural) Puwriym {poo-reem'} or Puriym {poo-reem'};) n-m. 1. a lot (as by means of a broken piece) [from H6331] KJV: Pur, Purim. Root(s): H6331
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6332. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Purim
Usage: § Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece" means: lot a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6332.
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6332, grouped by book.
Pur (Strong's H6332) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Pur". Puwr (poor) (also (plural) Puwriym {poo-reem'} or Puriym {poo-reem'};) n-m. 1. a lot (as by means of a broken piece) [from H6331]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H6332 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6332 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lot. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.