Lexical Summary Uwr: a city in S. Bab Original Word: אוּרTransliteration: Uwr Phonetic Spelling: (oor) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a city in S. Bab Meaning: Ur -- a city in southern Babylon Strong's Concordance Ur The same as 'uwr; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite -- Ur. see HEBREW 'uwr Brown-Driver-Briggs H218. Uwr II. אוּר proper name, masculine (flame) father of one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:35 (III. אוּר proper name, of a location see below) III. אור proper name, of a location Ur (Babylonian Uru; seat of moon-god worship; hence Eupolemos in EusebPraep.Ev.ix. 17 says Καμαρίνῃ ἥν τινας λέγειν πόλιν Οὐρίην), ancient city in Southern Babylonia; OT always כַּשְׂדִּים אור i.e. Ur of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) see כַּשְׂדִּים below כשׂד; home of Terah, Abram's father, & A.'s point of departure for Mesopotamia & Canaan Genesis 11:28; 15:7 (both J), & hence Nehemiah 9:7; also Genesis 11:31 (P); — modern Muqayyar, south of Euphrates, approximately 150 miles southeast of Babylon; see KG94f DlPa 226 f COT on 11:28. אֲוֵרוֺת see אֻרְיָה below I. ארה. אֲוַרְנָה see אֲרַוְנָה |
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