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אוֹר: or (H216), a Hebrew word meaning "illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)"

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Plain-Language Summary

or is a Hebrew word meaning "illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)", encompassing ideas like bright, clear, day, light.

light; daylight, illumination

Its core semantic range includes: bright, clear, day, light, morning, sun..

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Secondary Meanings
  • light as a symbol of joy and happiness
Rare / Figurative Uses
  • the dawn, the morning light

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orphōsGreekcompare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)

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אוֹר

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H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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