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Proverbs 16:15
“In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אוֹרʼôwr · ore
H216 · Hebrew
H216 · Hebrew
- Definition
- illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- Derivation
- from H215 (אוֹר);
- KJV renderings
- bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- אוֹר — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 121 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אוֹר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.