Strong’s H5216
נִיר — nîyr
נִיר (nîyr, Strong’s H5216) means: a lamp (i.
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
- H5216
- /neer/
- 48× in the Bible
- Transliteration
- nîyr
- Pronunciation
- neer
- Occurrences
- 48
Meaning
- Hebrew
- נִיר
- Definition
- a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see H5214 (נִיר); H5135 (נוּר)) properly, meaning to glisten;
- King James Version renders it as
- candle, lamp, light.
Derived from
Words derived from nîyr
- אַבְנֵר ʼAbnêrH74 · Abner · 63×
- מְנוֹרָה mᵉnôwrâhH4501 · a chandelier · 42×
- נוּר nûwrH5135 · fire · 17×
- נִיר nîyrH5214 · to till the soil · 2×
- נֵר NêrH5369 · Ner · 16×
- נֵרִיָּה NêrîyâhH5374 · Nerijah · 10×
- תַּנּוּר tannûwrH8574 · a fire-pot · 15×
Where it appears
The first verses that use nîyr (48 times in all).
Sources
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