Ur
אוּרStrong’s H0218ur
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ur is the Hebrew word usually translated “from ur” and “ur”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.35
- § Ur = "flame"
How it's translated
- from ur 3
- in ur 1
- ur 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 15:7And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- 1 Chronicles 11:35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
- Nehemiah 9:7Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Hebrew dictionary
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.