Strong's #5216: niyr (pronounced neer)

or nir {neer}; also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively):--candle, lamp, light.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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nı̂yr / nir / nêyr / nêr / nêrâh

1) lamp

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from a primitive root [see H5214; H5135] properly, meaning to glisten

Usage:

This word is used 48 times:

 

Exodus 25:37: "And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light"
Exodus 25:37: "lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against"
Exodus 27:20: "oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always."
Exodus 30:7: "every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense"
Exodus 30:8: "And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual"
Exodus 35:14: "The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,"
Exodus 37:23: "And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his censers, of pure gold."
Exodus 39:37: "The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels"
Exodus 39:37: "candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil"
Exodus 40:4: "the candlestick, and light the lamps"
Exodus 40:25: "And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded"
Leviticus 24:2: "olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually."
Leviticus 24:4: "He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD"
Numbers 4:9: "the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his censers, and all the oil"
Numbers 8:2: "unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against"
Numbers 8:2: "the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against"
Numbers 8:3: "did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick,"
1 Samuel 3:3: "And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where"
2 Samuel 21:17: "that thou quench not the light of Israel."
2 Samuel 22:29: "For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness."
1 Kings 7:49: "on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,"
1 Kings 11:36: "David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem,"
1 Kings 15:4: "for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up"
2 Kings 8:19: "he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children."
1 Chronicles 28:15: "Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick,"
1 Chronicles 28:15: "of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight,"
1 Chronicles 28:15: "thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick."
2 Chronicles 4:20: "Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;"
2 Chronicles 4:21: "And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;"
2 Chronicles 13:11: "the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn"
2 Chronicles 21:7: "and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever."
2 Chronicles 29:7: "of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor"
Job 18:6: "The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with"
Job 21:17: "How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth"
Job 29:3: " When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;"
Psalms 18:28: "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."
Psalms 119:105: "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
Psalms 132:17: "of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed."
Proverbs 6:23: "For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way"
Proverbs 13:9: "The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out."
Proverbs 20:20: "Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness."
Proverbs 20:27: "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly."
Proverbs 24:20: "no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out."
Proverbs 31:18: "that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night."
Jeremiah 25:10: "the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle."
Zephaniah 1:12: "that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled"
Zechariah 4:2: "upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven"
Zechariah 4:2: "and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top"