Strong's H215 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אוֹר (ʼôwr)

Pronunciation: ore

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

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

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

Senses

1. to be or become light, shine
1. (Qal)
2. to become light (day)
3. to shine (of the sun)
4. to become bright
5. (Niphal)
6. to be illuminated
7. to become lighted up
8. (Hiphil)
9. to give light, shine (of sun, moon, and stars)
10. to illumine, light up, cause to shine, shine
11. to kindle, light (candle, wood)
12. lighten (of the eyes, his law, etc)
13. to make shine (of the face)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.