# מָאוֹר (maor)

Israeli respelling: maor. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3974. 16 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier

King James renderings: bright, light.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/maor-h3974

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/14) — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seaso…
- [Genesis 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/15) — And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
- [Genesis 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/16) — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- [Exodus 25:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/25/6) — Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- [Exodus 27:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/27/20) — And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
- [Exodus 35:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/8) — And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- [Exodus 35:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/14) — The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
- [Exodus 35:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/28) — And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
- [Exodus 39:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/37) — The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
- [Leviticus 24:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/24/2) — Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
- [Numbers 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/9) — And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the…
- [Numbers 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/16) — And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offeri…
- [Psalms 74:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/16) — The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
- [Psalms 90:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/90/8) — Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- [Proverbs 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/30) — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
- [Ezekiel 32:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/8) — All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.