H218: אוּר
ʼÛwr · pronounced oor · “Ur”
Definition
Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Ur.
Word origin: the same as H217 (אוּר);
Extended definition
father of: Eliphal (H0465)
§ Ur = "flame"
father of one of David's heroes
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H218 is translated
- ur ×5
Bible verses with H218 (ʼÛwr)
ʼûwr appears in 5 verses.
- Genesis 11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:31
And 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 15:7
And 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 11:35
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
- Nehemiah 9:7
Thou 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;