Lexical Definition

‎אוּר‎ ʼÛwr (oor) Ur ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎אוּר‎

Ur.

• § Ur = "flame"
• Ur, a place in Chaldaea
• also an Israelite

1) 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

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II. ‎אוּר‎ proper name, masculine (flame) father of one of David's heroes 1Chr 11:35 (III. ‎אוּר‎ proper name, of a location see below)

III. ‎אור‎ proper name, of a location Ur (Babylonian Uru; seat of moon-god worship; hence Eupolemos in Euseb^{Praep.Ev.ix. 17} says Καμαρίνῃ ἥν τινας λέγειν πόλιν Οὐρίην), ancient city in Southern Babylonia; OT always ‎אור כַּשְׂדִּים‎ i.e. Ur of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) see ‎כַּשְׂדִּים‎ below ‎כשׂד‎; home of Terah, Abram's father, & A.'s point of departure for Mesopotamia & Canaan Gen 11:28; Gen 15:7 (both J), & hence Neh 9:7 also Gen 11:31 (P); — modern Muqayyar, south of Euphrates, approximately 150 miles southeast of Babylon; see KG^{94 f} Dl^{Pa 226 f} COT on Gen 11:28. ‎אֲוֵרוֺת‎ see ‎אֻרְיָה‎ below I. ‎ארה‎. ‎אֲוַרְנָה‎ see ‎אֲרַוְנָה‎

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