Flame
אוּרStrong’s H0217ur
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ur is the Hebrew word usually translated “fire”, “east” and “light of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.”
Meaning
- Flame, light of fire
- Region of light, East
How it's translated
- a fire 2
- in the east 1
- fire 1
- by light of 1
- in the fire 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 31:9And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 44:16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
- Isaiah 47:14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
- Isaiah 50:11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- Ezekiel 5:2Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Hebrew dictionary
אוּר ur · flame
flame, light of fire
אֻרִים urim · flame
region of light, East
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flame” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLAME, noun
[Latin flamma.]
- A blaze; burning vapor; vapor in combustion; or according to modern chimistry, hydrogen or any inflammable gas, in a state of combustion, and naturally ascending in a stream from burning bodies being specifically lighter than common air.
- Fire in general.
- Heat of passion; tumult; combustion; blaze; violent contention.
- Ardor of temper or imagination; brightness of fancy; vigor of thought.
All definitions and other forms of “flame”
- Ardor of inclination; warmth of affection.
- The passion of love; ardent love.
- Rage; violence; as the flames of war.
FLAME, verb transitive
To inflame; to excite.
FLAME, verb intransitive
- To blaze; to burn in vapor, or in a current; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion.
- To shine like burning gas.
- To break out in violence of passion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.