Hebrew word · H216
אוֹר
'or
light
Appears 121 times in 110 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Where it appears
Genesis · 6
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Genesis 1:3 א֑וֹר אֽוֹר׃ light
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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Genesis 1:4 הָא֖וֹר הָא֖וֹר the light
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
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Genesis 1:5 לָאוֹר֙ <to> the light
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
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Genesis 1:18 הָא֖וֹר the light
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Exodus · 1
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Exodus 10:23 א֖וֹר light
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Judges · 2
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Judges 16:2 א֥וֹר [the] light of
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
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Judges 19:26 הָאֽוֹר׃ the light
Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
1 Samuel · 3
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1 Samuel 14:36 א֣וֹר [the] light of
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
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1 Samuel 25:34 א֥וֹר [the] light of
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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1 Samuel 25:36 א֥וֹר [the] light of
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
2 Samuel · 2
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2 Samuel 17:22 א֣וֹר [the] light of
So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
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2 Samuel 23:4 וּכְא֥וֹר and like [the] light of
is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 7:9 א֥וֹר [the] light of
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
Nehemiah · 1
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Nehemiah 8:3 הָאוֹר֙ the light
So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
Job · 32
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Job 3:9 לְא֥וֹר for light
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
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Job 3:16 אֽוֹר׃ light
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
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Job 3:20 א֑וֹר light
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
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Job 12:22 לָא֣וֹר to the light
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
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Job 12:25 א֑וֹר light
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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Job 17:12 א֝֗וֹר light
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
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Job 18:5 א֣וֹר [the] light of
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
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Job 18:6 א֭וֹר [the] light
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
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Job 18:18 מֵא֣וֹר from light
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
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Job 22:28 אֽוֹר׃ light
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
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Job 24:13 א֥וֹר <of> [the] light
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
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Job 24:14 לָא֡וֹר to the light
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
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Job 24:16 אֽוֹר׃ light
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
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Job 25:3 אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃ light his
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
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Job 26:10 א֣וֹר light
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
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Job 28:11 אֽוֹר׃ פ light
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
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Job 29:3 לְ֝אוֹרוֹ to light his
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
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Job 29:24 וְא֥וֹר and [the] light of
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
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Job 30:26 לְ֝א֗וֹר for light
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
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Job 31:26 א֖וֹר a light
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
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Job 33:28 בָּא֥וֹר on the light
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
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Job 33:30 בְּא֣וֹר by [the] light of
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
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Job 36:30 אוֹר֑וֹ light his
See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
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Job 36:32 א֑וֹר light
He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
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Job 37:3 וְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ and light his
He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
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Job 37:11 אוֹרֽוֹ׃ light his
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
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Job 37:15 א֣וֹר [the] light of
Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
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Job 37:21 א֗וֹר a light
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
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Job 38:15 אוֹרָ֑ם light their
Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
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Job 38:19 א֑וֹר light
Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
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Job 38:24 א֑וֹר light
In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
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Job 41:18 א֑וֹר light
His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Psalms · 19
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Psalm 4:6 א֨וֹר [the] light of
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
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Psalm 27:1 אוֹרִ֣י [is] light my
Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
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Psalm 36:9 בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗ אֽוֹר׃ in light your, light
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
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Psalm 37:6 כָא֣וֹר like the light
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
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Psalm 38:10 וְֽאוֹר־ and [the] light of
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
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Psalm 43:3 אוֹרְךָ֣ light your
Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.
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Psalm 44:3 וְא֥וֹר and [the] light of
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
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Psalm 49:19 אֽוֹר׃ light
he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
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Psalm 56:13 בְּ֝א֗וֹר in [the] light of
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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Psalm 78:14 בְּא֣וֹר by [the] light of
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
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Psalm 89:15 בְּֽאוֹר־ in [the] light of
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
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Psalm 97:11 א֭וֹר light
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
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Psalm 104:2 א֭וֹר light
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
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Psalm 112:4 א֭וֹר light
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
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Psalm 119:105 וְ֝א֗וֹר and a light
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
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Psalm 136:7 אוֹרִ֣ים <of> [the] lights
He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.
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Psalm 139:11 א֣וֹר [the] light
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
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Psalm 148:3 אֽוֹר׃ light
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Proverbs · 4
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Proverbs 4:18 כְּא֣וֹר [is] like a light of
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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Proverbs 6:23 א֑וֹר [is] a light
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
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Proverbs 13:9 אוֹר־ [the] light of
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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Proverbs 16:15 בְּאוֹר־ [is] in [the] light of
When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
Ecclesiastes · 3
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Ecclesiastes 2:13 הָא֖וֹר <the> light
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
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Ecclesiastes 11:7 הָא֑וֹר the light
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 12:2 וְהָא֔וֹר and the light
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
Isaiah · 27
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Isaiah 2:5 בְּא֥וֹר in [the] light of
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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Isaiah 5:20 לְאוֹר֙ וְא֣וֹר into light, and light
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
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Isaiah 5:30 וָא֔וֹר and light
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
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Isaiah 9:2 א֣וֹר א֖וֹר a light
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
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Isaiah 10:17 אֽוֹר־ [the] light of
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
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Isaiah 13:10 אוֹרָ֑ם אוֹרֽוֹ׃ light their, light its
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
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Isaiah 18:4 א֔וֹר light
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
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Isaiah 30:26 אֽוֹר־ כְּא֣וֹר וְא֤וֹר כְּא֖וֹר [the] light of, like [the] light of, and [the] light of
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
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Isaiah 42:6 לְא֥וֹר <into> a light of
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
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Isaiah 42:16 לָא֗וֹר <into> <the> light
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
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Isaiah 45:7 אוֹר֙ light
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
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Isaiah 49:6 לְא֣וֹר <into> a light of
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
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Isaiah 51:4 לְא֥וֹר <into> a light of
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
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Isaiah 58:8 אוֹרֶ֔ךָ light your
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
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Isaiah 58:10 אוֹרֶ֔ךָ light your
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
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Isaiah 59:9 לָאוֹר֙ for the light
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
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Isaiah 60:1 אוֹרֵ֑ךְ light your
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
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Isaiah 60:3 לְאוֹרֵ֑ךְ to light your
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
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Isaiah 60:19 לְא֣וֹר לְא֣וֹר for light, <into> a light of
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
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Isaiah 60:20 לְא֣וֹר <into> a light of
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
Jeremiah · 5
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Jeremiah 4:23 אוֹרָֽם׃ [was] light their
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
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Jeremiah 13:16 לְאוֹר֙ for light
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
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Jeremiah 25:10 וְא֥וֹר and [the] light of
Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
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Jeremiah 31:35 לְא֣וֹר לְא֣וֹר for light
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Lamentations · 1
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Lamentations 3:2 אֽוֹר׃ light
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Ezekiel · 2
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Ezekiel 32:7 אוֹרֽוֹ׃ light its
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
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Ezekiel 32:8 אוֹר֙ light
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Hosea · 1
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Hosea 6:5 א֥וֹר [is] light
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
Amos · 3
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Amos 5:18 אֽוֹר׃ light
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
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Amos 5:20 א֑וֹר light
Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
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Amos 8:9 אֽוֹר׃ light
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
Micah · 3
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Micah 2:1 בְּא֤וֹר at [the] light
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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Micah 7:8 א֥וֹר [will be] light
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
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Micah 7:9 לָא֔וֹר to the light
Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
Habakkuk · 2
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Habakkuk 3:4 כָּא֣וֹר like the light
His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
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Habakkuk 3:11 לְא֤וֹר to light
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
Zephaniah · 1
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Zephaniah 3:5 לָאוֹר֙ to the light
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
Zechariah · 2
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Zechariah 14:6 א֔וֹר light
On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
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Zechariah 14:7 אֽוֹר׃ light
It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
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