Strong H218H218Bאוּר
Ur
One of the 2 senses of Strong H218
- Transliteration
- 'ûr
- Pronunciation
- oor
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Ur of the Chaldeans, the hometown of Abraham in Mesopotamia, from where God called him to go to the land of Canaan (Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7).
Meaning of the name
Ur = "flame"
General definition
The same as H217; {Ur} a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite: - Ur.
In the biblical story
Ur
The hometown of Abraham in Mesopotamia
Ur of the Chaldeans, the hometown of Abraham in Mesopotamia, from where God called him to go to the land of Canaan (Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7).
In the Bible
Strong H218B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ur4
First verses
- Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:31And 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.
- Genesis 15:7And 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.
- Nehemiah 9:7Thou 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;