219. owrah
Strong's Concordance
owrah: herb
Original Word: אוֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: owrah
Phonetic Spelling: (o-raw')
Definition: a light
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. אוֺרָה noun feminine light (late, Mishna id., compare Aramaic אוּרְתָּא evening-light, moon-light, star-light, etc.)

1 light (opposed to חֲשֵׁיכָה) Psalm 139:12.

2 light of joy & happiness Esther 8:16; plural intensive אוֺרוֺת light of life Isaiah 26:19 (light that quickens dead bodies as dew the plants Ew Hi De Che Di RVm; see BrMP 303 compare אוֺר חַיִּים; but Ki Ges MV Bö RV translate herbs).

II. [אוֺרָה] noun feminine herb (so Mishna, Ges compare נצץ, Arabic = lights & flowers, & Samaritan יאר = דֶּשֶׁא of Genesis 1:11,12) only plural אוֺרוֺת herbs 2 Kings 4:39 (compare Isaiah 26:19 above below I. אוֺרָה).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
herb, light

Feminine of 'owr; luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright) -- herb, light.

see HEBREW 'owr

Forms and Transliterations
א֔וֹר אֹרֹת֒ אוֹרָ֖ה אוֹרֹת֙ אור אורה אורת ארת כָּאוֹרָֽה׃ כאורה׃ ’ō·rōṯ ’ō·w·rāh ’ō·w·rōṯ ’ō·wr ’ōrōṯ ’ōwr ’ōwrāh ’ōwrōṯ kā’ōwrāh kā·’ō·w·rāh kaoRah or oRah oRot
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2 Kings 4:39
HEB: הַשָּׂדֶה֮ לְלַקֵּ֣ט אֹרֹת֒ וַיִּמְצָא֙ גֶּ֣פֶן
NAS: to gather herbs, and found
KJV: to gather herbs, and found
INT: the field to gather herbs and found vine

Esther 8:16
HEB: לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן
NAS: For the Jews there was light and gladness
KJV: The Jews had light, and gladness,
INT: the Jews there was light and gladness and joy

Psalm 139:12
HEB: יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃
NAS: Darkness and light are alike [to You].
KJV: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
INT: bright Darkness and light

Isaiah 18:4
HEB: צַח֙ עֲלֵי־ א֔וֹר כְּעָ֥ב טַ֖ל
INT: dazzling and sunshine A cloud of dew

Isaiah 26:19
HEB: כִּ֣י טַ֤ל אוֹרֹת֙ טַלֶּ֔ךָ וָאָ֖רֶץ
NAS: [is as] the dew of the dawn, And the earth
KJV: [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth
INT: For your dew of the dawn the dew and the earth

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 219
5 Occurrences


kā·’ō·w·rāh — 1 Occ.
’ō·wr — 1 Occ.
’ō·w·rāh — 1 Occ.
’ō·rōṯ — 2 Occ.








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