Strong's Definition
the same as 217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite
KJV Usage: Ur
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אוּר (ur) — Ur. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.35; father of: Eliphal (H0465) § Ur = "flame" father of one of David's heroes
אוּר (ur) — Ur.
§ Ur = "flame" city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · אור · אוּרִי · אוּרִיאֵל · אוּרִיָּה
Fire
fire = fire; ► used for burning sacrifices and other objects, setting fire to arrows, and warming oneself; ≈ associated with light, warmth, and destruction
ISA 31:9 · ISA 44:16 · ISA 47:14 · ISA 50:11 · EZK 5:2 · ZEC 14:6
Spatial Referents
eastern country = a referent pointing to the direction where the sun comes up
Stone
Collocation: הָאוּרִים (וְהַתֻּמִּים)
Urim and Thummim exact meaning unsure; possibly: = set consisting of two small objects; ► located in the breast-piece on top of the ephod and used to determine God's will with regard to a certain matter
EXO 28:30 · LEV 8:8 · NUM 27:21 · DEU 33:8 · 1SA 28:6 · EZR 2:63 · NEH 7:65
name
Names of Locations
Ur = town; ◄ on the river Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia; ► place where Abram and his family used to live before moving to Haran
1 ZEC 14:6 REB "heat" | MT HOTTP-A NIV NJB "light" NJPS "sunlight" = אֹור | RSV NRSV GNT omit 2 ISA 24:15 RSV NIV NJB NRSV GNT CEV "east" REB "eastern regions" | NJPS "with lights"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אוּר n.pr.m. (flame) father of one of David's heroes 1 Ch 11:35 ref
אוּר n.pr.loc. Ur, ancient city in Southern Babylonia base