# H218 אוּר

אוּר (ʼÛwr), Strong’s H218: Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite KJV: Ur.. Occurs 5 times.

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*ʼÛwr* — Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite

KJV: Ur.

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אוּר n.pr.loc. Ur, ancient city in Southern Babylonia
- אוּר n.pr.m
- אוּר n.pr.m. (flame) father of one of David's heroes 1 Ch 11:35

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 11:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=28) — Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.
- [Genesis 11:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=31) — Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife…
- [Genesis 15:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=7) — He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur-Kasdim, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- [Nehemiah 9:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/9?v=7) — You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur-Kasdim, gave him the name of Abraham,
- [1 Chronicles 11:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/11?v=35) — Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,