Hebrew
אוֹר or
“light” · 121 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “light” 84
- “lightning” 5
- “dawn” 3
- “daybreak” 2
- “like the light” 2
- other ways 25
- phōs, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 73
In the New Testament it continues as phōs: Matthew 4:16 quotes Isaiah 9:2, and puts this word in Greek.
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 6 |
| Exodus | 1 |
| Judges | 2 |
| 1 Samuel | 3 |
| 2 Samuel | 2 |
| 2 Kings | 1 |
| Nehemiah | 1 |
| Job | 32 |
| Psalms | 19 |
| Proverbs | 4 |
| Ecclesiastes | 3 |
| Isaiah | 27 |
| Jeremiah | 5 |
| Lamentations | 1 |
| Ezekiel | 2 |
| Hosea | 1 |
| Amos | 3 |
| Micah | 3 |
| Habakkuk | 2 |
| Zephaniah | 1 |
| Zechariah | 2 |
| Matthew | 7 |
| Mark | 1 |
| Luke | 7 |
| John | 23 |
| Acts | 10 |
| Romans | 2 |
| 2 Corinthians | 3 |
| Ephesians | 5 |
| Colossians | 1 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 1 |
| 1 Timothy | 1 |
| James | 1 |
| 1 Peter | 1 |
| 1 John | 6 |
| Revelation | 4 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“light” 84
Genesis 6
Exodus 1
- 10:23 …all the Israelites had light in their dwellings…
Judges 1
- 19:26 …and lay there until it was light
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 1
- 7:9 …and wait until morning light our sin will overtake…
Job 17
- 3:20 …Why is light given to the miserable…
- 12:22 …and brings deep shadows into light
- 12:25 …in the darkness without light He makes them stagger…
- 18:6 The light in his tent grows…
- 18:18 …He is driven from light into darkness and is…
- 22:28 …will be carried out and light will shine on your…
- 24:16 …in never to experience the light
- 26:10 …at the boundary between light and darkness…
- 28:11 …bring what is hidden to light
- 29:3 …shone above my head and by His light I walked through the…
- 29:24 …did not believe it the light of my countenance was…
- 30:26 …came when I looked for light darkness fell…
- 33:28 …will live to see the light
- 33:30 …he may be enlightened with the light of life…
- 38:15 Light is withheld from the…
- 38:19 …way to the home of light Do you know where…
- 41:18 …His snorting flashes with light and his eyes are…
Psalms 16
- 4:6 …us the good Shine the light of Your face upon…
- 27:1 …Of David The LORD is my light and my salvation whom…
- 36:9 …the fountain of life in Your light we see light…
- 36:9 …Your light we see light
- 38:10 …strength fails and even the light of my eyes has…
- 43:3 …Send out Your light and Your truth let…
- 44:3 …right hand Your arm and the light of Your face because…
- 56:13 …may walk before God in the light of life…
- 78:14 …a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night…
- 89:15 …who walk O LORD in the light of Your presence…
- 97:11 Light shines on the righteous…
- 104:2 …He wraps Himself in light as with a garment…
- 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness…
- 119:105 …lamp to my feet and a light to my path…
- 136:7 …He made the great lights His loving devotion endures…
- 139:11 …darkness will hide me and the light become night around me…
Proverbs 2
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 22
- 2:5 …Jacob let us walk in the light of the LORD…
- 5:20 …evil who turn darkness to light and light to darkness…
- 5:20 …turn darkness to light and light to darkness who replace…
- 9:2 …have seen a great light on those living in…
- 9:2 …the shadow of death a light has dawned…
- 10:17 And the Light of Israel will become…
- 13:10 …constellations will not give their light The rising sun will…
- 13:10 …moon will not give its light
- 30:26 …bright as the sun and the light of the sun will…
- 42:6 …covenant for the people and a light to the nations…
- 42:16 …I will turn darkness into light before them and rough…
- 45:7 …I form the light and create the darkness…
- 49:6 …I will also make You a light for the nations to…
- 51:4 …My justice will become a light to the nations I…
- 58:8 …Then your light will break forth like…
- 58:10 …satisfy the afflicted soul then your light will go forth in…
- 59:9 …reach us We hope for light but there is darkness…
- 60:1 …Arise shine for your light has come and the…
- 60:3 …Nations will come to your light and kings to the…
- 60:19 …will the sun be your light by day nor the…
- 60:19 …will be your everlasting light and your God will…
- 60:20 …will be your everlasting light and the days of…
Jeremiah 5
Lamentations 1
- 3:2 …in darkness instead of light
Ezekiel 1
- 32:8 …All the shining lights in the heavens I…
Amos 2
Micah 1
- 2:1 …their beds At morning’s light they accomplish it because…
And 4 more, on the full page.
“lightning” 5
Job 5
- 36:30 …See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers…
- 36:32 …He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to…
- 37:3 …He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky…
- 37:11 …with moisture He scatters His lightning through them…
- 38:24 …In which direction is the lightning dispersed or the east…
“dawn” 3
“daybreak” 2
“like the light” 2
“daylight” 2
“sun” 2
“making light” 1
Job 1
- 17:12 …turned night into day making light seem near in the…
“lamp” 1
Job 1
- 18:5 …Indeed the lamp of the wicked is…
“against the light” 1
Job 1
- 24:13 …are those who rebel against the light not knowing its ways…
“when daylight is gone” 1
Job 1
- 24:14 When daylight is gone the murderer rises to…
“does his light” 1
Job 1
- 25:3 …be numbered On whom does His light not rise…
“makes the lightning” 1
Job 1
- 37:15 …God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash…
“like the dawn” 1
Psalms 1
- 37:6 …bring forth your righteousness like the dawn your justice like the…
“light of day” 1
Psalms 1
- 49:19 …who will never see the light of day
“shining” 1
Psalms 1
- 148:3 …moon praise Him all you shining stars…
“like the first gleam” 1
Proverbs 1
- 4:18 …path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn shining brighter…
“brightens” 1
Proverbs 1
- 16:15 …When a king’s face brightens there is life his…
“just as light” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 2:13 …that wisdom exceeds folly just as light exceeds darkness…
“even the light” 1
Isaiah 1
- 5:30 …see darkness and distress even the light will be obscured by…
“sunshine” 1
Isaiah 1
- 18:4 …like shimmering heat in the sunshine like a cloud of…
“light of the moon” 1
Isaiah 1
- 30:26 The light of the moon will be as bright…
“as bright as the sun” 1
Isaiah 1
- 30:26 …the moon will be as bright as the sun and the light of…
“give its light” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 32:7 …the moon will not give its light
“like lightning” 1
Hosea 1
- 6:5 …My judgments go forth like lightning
“daytime” 1
Amos 1
- 8:9 …will darken the earth in the daytime
“like the sunlight” 1
Habakkuk 1
- 3:4 …His radiance was like the sunlight rays flashed from His…
“flash” 1
Habakkuk 1
- 3:11 …still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows…
In our notes
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.