Lexical Definition

‎נִיר‎ nîyr (neer) lamp ^H:N-M
or נִר nir (neer); also נֵיר nêyr (nare); or נֵר nêr (nare); or (feminine) נֵרָה nêrâh (nay-raw'); from a primitive root (see ‎נִיר‎; ‎נוּר‎) properly, meaning to glisten

candle, lamp, light.

• a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

1) lamp

See Greek: κατάλειμμα · λύχνος · λύχνος · φῶς

Extended Information

spelling of: נִיר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נֵר‎ noun masculine^{Exod 25:37} lamp; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Exod 27:20 +, construct 1Sam 3:3 +; suffix ‎נֵרִי‎ Ps 18:29*, ‎נֵירִי‎ || 2Sam 22:29, etc.; plural ‎נֵרוֺת‎ absolute Lev 24:4 +; construct Exod 39:37 suffix ‎נֵרֹתֶיהָ‎ Exod 25:37 (twice in verse) +, ‎נֵרֹתֵיהֶם‎ 1Chr 28:15; 2Chr 4:20 — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1Sam 3:3 especially of lampsin temple 1Kgs 7:49 + 7 t. Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exod 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 t. P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zech 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jer 25:10 used in search Zeph 1:12, compare (figurative) ‎נִשְׁמַת אָדָם‎ ‎׳‎‎נֵר י‎ Prov 20:27 used in household work Prov 31:18 figurative of prosperity ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Sam 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 29:3; Ps 18:29* = 2Sam 22:29; Ps 132:17; Prov 13:9; Prov 20:20; Prov 24:20 of God's word as a guide Ps 119:105, compare Prov 6:23.

I. ‎נִיר‎ noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative ‎׳‎‎לְמַעַן הֱיוֺתנֿ‎ ‎לְדָוִיד‎ 1Kgs 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 1Kgs 15:4; 2Kgs 8:19 = 2Chr 21:7 happiness, delight (construct) ‎נִר רְשָׁעִים‎ Prov 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. ‎נִיר‎ below II. ‎ניר‎ below).

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