3974 - maor

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מָאוֹר
Transliteration: maor
Definition (short): light
Definition (full): a luminous body, luminary, light, brightness, cheerfulness, a chandelier

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from or
Definition: a luminary
NASB Translation: bright (1), light (12), lighting (2), lights (3), shining (1).
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Or maor {maw-ore'}; also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 'owr; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier -- bright, light.

see HEBREW 'owr

KJV: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
NASB: Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
KJV: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
NASB: and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.
KJV: And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
NASB: God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.