אוּר ʼÛwr

Meaning

Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite

In the King James Version: Ur.

Derivation: the same as H217 (אוּר);

Where it is used

• Genesis 11:28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
• Genesis 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
• Genesis 15:7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
• 1 Chronicles 11:35 Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
• Nehemiah 9:7 You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.