Fire
נוּרStrong’s H5135nur
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nur is the Aramaic word usually translated “fire the” and “fire”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
Meaning
- Fire
How it's translated
- fire the 13
- fire 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 14
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Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:11In contextAnd whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Daniel 3:17In contextIf it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- Daniel 3:20In contextAnd he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:21In contextThen these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:22In contextTherefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Aramaic dictionary
נוּר nur · fire
fire
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fire” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIRE, noun
[The radical sense of fire is usually, to rush, to rage, to be violently agitated; and if this is the sense of fire in coincides with Latin furo. It may be from shining or consuming.]
- Heat and light emanating visibly, perceptibly and simultaneously from any body; caloric; the unknown cause of the sensation of heat and of the retrocession of the homogeneous particles of bodies from one another, producing expansion, and thus enlarging all their dimensions; one of the causes of magnetism, as evinced by Dr.
- The burning of fuel on a hearth, or in any other place.
- The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
- Light; luster; splendor.
All definitions and other forms of “fire”
- Torture by burning.
- The instrument of punishment; or the punishment of the impenitent in another state.“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?” Isaiah 33:14
- That which inflames or irritates the passions.
- Ardor of temper; violence of passion.
- Liveliness of imagination; vigor of fancy; intellectual activity; animation; force of sentiment or expression.
- The passion of love; ardent affection.
- Ardor; heat; as the fire of zeal or of love.
- Combustion; tumult; rage; contention.
- Trouble; affliction.“When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt” Isaiah 43:2
FIRE, verb transitive
- To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
- To inflame; to irritate the passions; as, to fire with anger or revenge.
- To animate; to give life or spirit; as, to fire the genius.
- To drive by fire [Little used.]
- To cause to explode; to discharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon.
- To cauterize; a term in farriery.
FIRE, verb intransitive
- To take fire; to be kindled.
- To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- To discharge artillery or firearms.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.