6332. Pur

Lexicon

Pur: Lot

Original Word: פוּר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: Puwr
Pronunciation: poor
Phonetic Spelling: (poor)
Definition: Lot
Meaning: a lot

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Pur, Purim

Also (plural) Puwriym {poo-reem'}; or Puriym {poo-reem'}; from puwr; a lot (as by means of a broken piece) -- Pur, Purim.

see HEBREW puwr

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
"a lot," a Jewish feast
NASB Translation
Pur (3), Purim (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מּוּר noun masculine lot (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps Assyrian loanword from puru, buru, stone Jen^{ZA x. 339 f.} and in Wild^{Est p. 173 f.}); **Scheft^49f. compare Old Iranian fravi, etc., progress, fortune, fate, lot. — explained by הַגּוֺרָל Esther 3:7; Esther 9:24; שֵׁם הַמּוּר Esther 9:26 explains name of feast מּוּרִים Esther 9:26; יְמֵי הַמֻּרִים 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. 194 ff and references}.

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

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from a root word meaning "to break" or "to bring to naught."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the Hebrew word "Pur" in the Strong's Concordance, as it is a specific term related to Jewish tradition and the festival of Purim. However, the concept of casting lots is present in the Greek New Testament, such as in the selection of Matthias as an apostle in Acts 1:26, where the Greek word "κλῆρος" (klēros, Strong's Greek 2819) is used for "lot."

Usage: The term "Pur" is used in the context of casting lots, particularly in the Book of Esther, where it refers to the lots cast by Haman to determine the date for the destruction of the Jews. This event led to the establishment of the Jewish festival of Purim.

Context: • The word "Pur" appears in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Esther. It is specifically mentioned in Esther 3:7 and 9:24. In Esther 3:7, it is written: "In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar."
• The casting of lots was a common practice in ancient cultures for making decisions or determining fate, often believed to reflect divine will. In the context of Esther, the casting of Pur was intended for evil, but it ultimately led to the deliverance of the Jewish people and the institution of the festival of Purim, as described in Esther 9:24-26: "For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them. But when it came to the king’s attention, he issued a written order that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word Pur."
• The festival of Purim is celebrated annually by Jews to commemorate their deliverance from Haman's plot, as recounted in the Book of Esther. It is a time of feasting, rejoicing, and giving gifts to one another and to the poor.

Forms and Transliterations

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

Englishman's Concordance

Esther 3:7
HEB: אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ הִפִּ֣יל פּוּר֩ ה֨וּא הַגּוֹרָ֜ל
NAS: Ahasuerus, Pur, that is the lot,
KJV: they cast Pur, that [is], the lot,
INT: Ahasuerus was cast Pur which is the lot

Esther 9:24
HEB: לְאַבְּדָ֑ם וְהִפִּ֥יל פּוּר֙ ה֣וּא הַגּוֹרָ֔ל
NAS: them and had cast Pur, that is the lot,
KJV: them, and had cast Pur, that [is], the lot,
INT: to destroy cast Pur that is the lot

Esther 9:26
HEB: לַיָּמִ֨ים הָאֵ֤לֶּה פוּרִים֙ עַל־ שֵׁ֣ם
NAS: these days Purim after the name
KJV: these days Purim after the name
INT: days these Purim and because the name

Esther 9:26
HEB: עַל־ שֵׁ֣ם הַפּ֔וּר עַל־ כֵּ֕ן
NAS: the name of Pur. And because
KJV: after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words
INT: and because the name of Pur and because after that

Esther 9:28
HEB: וָעִ֑יר וִימֵ֞י הַפּוּרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה לֹ֤א
NAS: days of Purim were not to fail
KJV: and [that] these days of Purim should not fail
INT: city days of Purim and these were not

Esther 9:29
HEB: אֵ֣ת אִגֶּ֧רֶת הַפּוּרִ֛ים הַזֹּ֖את הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃
NAS: second letter about Purim.
KJV: this second letter of Purim.
INT: to confirm letter Purim likewise second

Esther 9:31
HEB: אֵת־ יְמֵי֩ הַפֻּרִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶ֗ם
NAS: days of Purim at their appointed
KJV: these days of Purim in their times
INT: to establish days of Purim these times

Esther 9:32
HEB: קִיַּ֕ם דִּבְרֵ֥י הַפֻּרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְנִכְתָּ֖ב
NAS: customs for Purim, and it was written
KJV: these matters of Purim; and it was written
INT: established customs Purim these written

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6332
8 Occurrences

p̄ū·rîm — 1 Occ.
hap·pūr — 1 Occ.
hap·pū·rîm — 4 Occ.
pūr — 2 Occ.