Definition

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see H5214 (נִיר); H5135 (נוּר)) properly, meaning to glisten;

Word family

• נִיר nîyr
• נוּר nûwr

How the KJV renders it

• candle
• lamp
• light

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.