Limitless Word
אוֹרʼôwr/ore/
HebrewH21543 occurrences (KJV)

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

KJV renders it: [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.

Where it appears

  • Gen 1:15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth”; and it was so.
  • Gen 1:17God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
  • Gen 44:3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
  • Exod 13:21Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
  • Exod 14:20It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and one didn’t come near the other all night.
  • Exod 25:37You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
  • Num 6:25Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.
  • Num 8:2“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”
  • 1 Sam 14:27But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
  • 1 Sam 14:29Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
  • 1 Sam 29:10Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.”
  • 2 Sam 2:32They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
  • Ezra 9:8Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revived us a little in our bondage.
  • Neh 9:12Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
  • Neh 9:19yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
  • Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
  • Job 41:32He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
  • Ps 13:3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
  • Ps 18:28For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
  • Ps 19:8Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 31:16Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
  • Ps 67:1For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
  • Ps 76:4Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game.
  • Ps 77:18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
  • Ps 80:3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
  • Ps 80:7Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
  • Ps 80:19Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
  • Ps 97:4His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.
  • Ps 105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
  • Ps 118:27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
  • Ps 119:130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
  • Ps 119:135Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
  • Ps 139:12even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
  • Prov 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Prov 29:13The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
  • Eccl 8:1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
  • Isa 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 60:1“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
  • Isa 60:19The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
  • Ezek 32:7When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
  • Ezek 43:2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
  • Dan 9:17Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
  • Mal 1:10“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.