# נִיר (nir)

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

Strong’s H5216. 42 Old Testament occurrences.

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

King James renderings: candle, lamp, light.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nir-h5216

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 25:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/25/37) — And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
- [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 30:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/7) — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
- [Exodus 30:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/8) — And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
- [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 37:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/37/23) — And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- [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,
- [Exodus 40:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/40/4) — And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick…
- [Exodus 40:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/40/25) — And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- [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.
- [Leviticus 24:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/24/4) — He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD 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 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/8/2) — Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
- [Numbers 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/8/3) — And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
- [1 Samuel 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/3/3) — And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
- [2 Samuel 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/21/17) — But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou…
- [2 Samuel 22:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/29) — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
- [1 Kings 7:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/49) — And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and th…
- [1 Kings 11:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/36) — And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen m…
- [1 Kings 15:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/4) — Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
- [2 Kings 8:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/19) — Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
- [1 Chronicles 28:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/28/15) — Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and…
- [2 Chronicles 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/20) — Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
- [2 Chronicles 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/21) — And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
- [2 Chronicles 13:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/11) — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon t…
- [2 Chronicles 21:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/7) — Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a li…
- [2 Chronicles 29:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/29/7) — Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy p…
- [Job 18:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/6) — The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
- [Job 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/17) — How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
- [Job 29:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/3) — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- [Psalms 18:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/28) — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- [Psalms 119:105](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/105) — Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
- [Psalms 132:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/132/17) — There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
- [Proverbs 6:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/23) — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- [Proverbs 13:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/9) — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- [Proverbs 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/20) — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- [Proverbs 20:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/27) — The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- [Proverbs 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/20) — For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
- [Proverbs 31:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/18) — She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
- [Jeremiah 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/10) — Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the…
- [Zephaniah 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/1/12) — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that…
- [Zechariah 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/4/2) — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his…