H224: אוּרִים
ʼÛwrîym · pronounced oo-reem' · “Urim”
Definition
Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
KJV translates it as: Urim.
Word origin: plural of H217 (אוּר); lights;
Extended definition
stones kept in a pouch on the high-priest's breastplate, used in determining God's decision in certain questions and issues
Also named: dēlos (δῆλος "Urim" G1212)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H224 is translated
- urim ×7
- your ×1
Bible verses with H224 (ʼÛwrîym)
ʼûwrîym appears in 8 verses.
- Exodus 28:30
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
- Leviticus 8:8
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
- Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- 1 Samuel 14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
- 1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
- Ezra 2:63
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- Nehemiah 7:65
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.