Lexicon Pur: Purim, Pur Original Word: פוּר 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 Originof 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 JenZA x. 339 f. and in WildEst p. 173 f.); **Scheft49f. 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 NowArchaeology ii. 194 ff and references. I. פור (check of following; possibly foam, compare Arabic ( 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 p̄ūrîmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman'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 Esther 9:26 Esther 9:26 Esther 9:28 Esther 9:29 Esther 9:31 Esther 9:32 8 Occurrences |
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