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Pur, Purim

A lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical commemoration of Haman's consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose of ascertaining the auspicious day for executing his cruel plot against their nation. It became a national institution by the common consent of the Jews, and is observed by them to the present day, on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar, a month before the Passover. This unified study connects 3 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H6332
Hebrew
פּוּר · Pûwr

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

פּוּר

H6332
Transliteration
Pûwr
Pronunciation
poor
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
8

Glosses

Pur, Purim.

Lexicon definition

a lot (as by means of a broken piece)

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Pur, Purim

A lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical commemoration of Haman's consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose of ascertaining the auspicious day for executing his cruel plot against their nation. It became a national institution by the common consent of the Jews, and is observed by them to the present day, on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar, a month before the Passover.

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