Strong H2182 sensesאוּר

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H218

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H218 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. The hometown of Abraham in MesopotamiaH218B4 verses · Genesis, Nehemiah
2. Father of one of David's mighty menH218A1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• ur5

First verses

1. Genesis 11:28
   And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
2. Genesis 11:31
   And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
3. Genesis 15:7
   And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
4. 1 Chronicles 11:35
   Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
5. Nehemiah 9:7
   Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;