Strong H5216H5216Bנִיר

lamp

Transliteration: nîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh
Pronunciation: {neer} {neer} {nare} {nare} nay-raw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

lamp
Another spelling of ner (נֵר "lamp" H5216A)

General definition

From a primitive root (see H5214 and H5135) properly meaning to glisten; a lamp (that {is} the burner) or light (literally or figuratively): - {candle} {lamp} light.

In the Bible

Strong H5216B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

light3
lamp1

First verses

1 Kings 11:36
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
2 Kings 8:19
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Chronicles 21:7
Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

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