H5216 — נִיר (nîyr)

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Strong's H5216 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: נִיר (nîyr)

Pronunciation: neer

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: or נִר (nir); also נֵיר (nêyr); or נֵר (nêr); or (feminine) נֵרָה (nêrâh); from a primitive root (see נִיר (nîyr) [H5214]; נוּר (nûwr) [H5135]) properly, meaning to glisten;

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

KJV Renderings: candle, lamp, light.

Senses

  1. lamp

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G2640 κατάλειμμα katáleimma from G2641 a remainder, i.e. (by implication) a few remnant
G3088 λύχνος lýchnos from the base of G3022 a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively) candle, light
G5457 φῶς phōs from an obsolete φάω (pháō) (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare G5316, G5346) luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) fire, light
H5135 נוּר nûwr (Aramaic) from an unused root (corresponding to that of נִיר (nîyr) H5216) meaning to shine fire fiery, fire
H5214 נִיר nîyr a root probably identical with that of נִיר (nîyr) H5216, through the idea of the gleam of a fresh furrow to till the soil break up

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.