# H3974 מָאוֹר

מָאוֹר (mâʼôwr), Strong’s H3974: properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier KJV: bright…

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*mâʼôwr* — properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier

KJV: bright, light.

Derived from [אוֹר ʼôwr](https://besorah.bible/word/H215) (to be)

Occurs 19 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָאוֹר n.m. luminary

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 1:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=14) — God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to…
- [Genesis 1:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=15) — and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
- [Genesis 1:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=16) — God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made…
- [Exodus 25:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=6) — oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
- [Exodus 27:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/27?v=20) — “You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp…
- [Exodus 35:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=8) — oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
- [Exodus 35:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=14) — the lamp stand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
- [Exodus 35:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=28) — with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
- [Exodus 39:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/39?v=37) — the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,
- [Leviticus 24:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/24?v=2) — “Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn…