# אוֹר (or)

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

Strong’s H215. 43 Old Testament occurrences.

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

King James renderings: [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/or-h215

## Occurrences

- [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 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/17) — And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
- [Genesis 44:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/3) — As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
- [Exodus 13:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13/21) — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to…
- [Exodus 14:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/14/20) — And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night t…
- [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.
- [Numbers 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/6/25) — The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
- [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.
- [1 Samuel 14:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/27) — But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, an…
- [1 Samuel 14:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/29) — Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of th…
- [1 Samuel 29:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/29/10) — Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning…
- [2 Samuel 2:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/32) — And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and th…
- [Ezra 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/8) — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy…
- [Nehemiah 9:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/12) — Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they…
- [Nehemiah 9:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/19) — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them…
- [Job 33:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/30) — To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
- [Job 41:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/32) — He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
- [Psalms 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/13/3) — Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- [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 19:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/8) — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- [Psalms 31:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/16) — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- [Psalms 67:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/67/1) — God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- [Psalms 76:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/76/4) — Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
- [Psalms 77:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/18) — The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- [Psalms 80:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/80/3) — Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- [Psalms 80:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/80/7) — Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- [Psalms 80:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/80/19) — Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- [Psalms 97:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/97/4) — His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- [Psalms 105:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/39) — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- [Psalms 118:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/118/27) — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
- [Psalms 119:130](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/130) — The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
- [Psalms 119:135](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/135) — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
- [Psalms 139:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/12) — Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
- [Proverbs 4:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/4/18) — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- [Proverbs 29:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/13) — The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
- [Ecclesiastes 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/8/1) — Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his fac…
- [Isaiah 27:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/11) — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understandin…
- [Isaiah 60:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/1) — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- [Isaiah 60:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/19) — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an e…
- [Ezekiel 32:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/7) — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon sh…
- [Ezekiel 43:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/43/2) — And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shi…
- [Daniel 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/17) — Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is des…
- [Malachi 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1/10) — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in…