King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5216
Transliteration: ner
Phonetic Spelling: (neer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a lamp
Meaning: a lamp, light
Word Summary
ner: a lamp
Original Word: נִירTransliteration: ner
Phonetic Spelling: (neer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a lamp
Meaning: a lamp, light
Strong's Concordance
candle, lamp, light Or nir {neer}; also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see niyr; nuwr) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. The burner) or light (literally or figuratively) -- candle, lamp, light.
see HEBREW niyr
see HEBREW nuwr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5216. ner
I. נֵר noun masculineExodus 25:37 lamp; — ׳נ absolute 27:20 +, construct 1 Samuel 3:3 +; suffix נֵרִי Psalm 18:29, נֵירִי "" 2 Samuel 22:29, etc.; plural נֵרוֺת absolute Leviticus 24:4 +; construct Exodus 39:37; suffix נֵרֹתֶיהָ 25:37 (twice in verse) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 4:20; — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1 Samuel 3:3; especially of lampsin temple 1 Kings 7:49 7t. Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exodus 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 t. P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jeremiah 25:10; used in search Zephaniah 1:12, compare (figurative) י ׳נֵר אָדָם נִשְׁמַת Proverbs 20:27; used in household work 31:18; figurative of prosperity ׳נ יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 Samuel 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; 21:17; 29:3; Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalm 132:17; Proverbs 13:9; 20:20; 24:20; of God's word as a guide Psalm 119:105, compare Proverbs 6:23.
I. נִיר noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative לְדָוִיד הֱיוֺתנֿ ׳לְמַעַן 1 Kings 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19 2 Chronicles 21:7; happiness, delight (construct) רְשָׁעִים נִר Proverbs 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. נִיר below II. ניר below).