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Strong's #6332 - מֻּרִים

Transliteration

Pûwr

Phonetics

poor, poo-reem', poo-reem'

Origin

from (H6331)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1749

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"
1. lot
  1. a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman´s destruction through queen Esther´s heroic actions

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Esther 8

BSB (8)

Esther 8

CSB (8)

Esther 8

ESV (8)

Esther 8

KJV (8)

Esther 8

LEB (8)

Esther 8

LSB (8)

Esther 8

N95 (8)

Esther 8

NAS (8)

Esther 8

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Esther 8

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מּוּר noun masculine lot (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps Assyrian loanword from puru, buru, stone Jen^{ZA x. 339f.} and in Wild^{Est p. 173f.}); ** Scheft^49f. compare Old Iranian fravi, etc., progress, fortune, fate, lot. — explained by הַגּוֺרָל Esther 3:7; Esther 9:24; שֵׁםהַמּוּר Esther 9:26 explains name of feast מּוּרִים Esther 9:26; יְמֵיהַמֻּרִים days of Purim Esther 9:28; Esther 9:31; ׳אִגֶּרֶת הַמּ Esther 9:29, ׳דִּבְרֵי הַמּ Esther 9:32. — See on Purim especially Now^{Archaeology ii. 194ff and references}.

I. פור (check of following; possibly foam, compare Arabic (), , boil, ferment; Syriac , Ethpe`el, of anger).

List of Word Forms

הַפֻּרִ֖ים הַפֻּרִ֨ים הַפּ֔וּר הַפּוּרִ֛ים הַפּוּרִ֣ים הפור הפורים הפרים פּוּר֙ פּוּר֩ פוּרִים֙ פור פורים fuRim hap·pu·rîm hap·pū·rîm hap·pūr hapPur happūr happuRim happurîm happūrîm p̄ū·rîm pur pūr p̄ūrîm