What does עוּר (ur) mean in the Bible?
עוּר (ur): Ranges from physical awakening to spiritual/emotional rousing; often divine action stirring people to action or awareness
Hebrew · H5782
עוּר
To wake (literally or figuratively)
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עוּר H5782
Pronunciation ur
What does עוּר (ur) mean in the Bible?
עוּר (ur): Ranges from physical awakening to spiritual/emotional rousing; often divine action stirring people to action or awareness
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5782?
The BSB source-word alignment has 80 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Awake (17), stirred (4), awaken (3), wielded (3), Arise (2).
Where does עוּר (ur) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 32:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (18), Psalms (12), Song Of Solomon (9), Jeremiah (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Awake 17× Judges 5:12, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 57:8
stirred 4× 2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1, Haggai 1:14
awaken 3× Psalms 73:20, Song Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5
wielded 3× 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20
Arise 2× Psalms 59:4, Habakkuk 2:19
arouse 2× Song Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5
has aroused 2× Isaiah 41:2, Jeremiah 51:11
he will stir up 2× Daniel 11:2, Daniel 11:25
I will awaken 2× Psalms 57:8, Psalms 108:2
I will stir up 2× Isaiah 13:17, Jeremiah 51:1
stirs up 2× Deuteronomy 32:11, Proverbs 10:12
Wake up 2× Psalms 44:23, Isaiah 51:9
[everyone who is] awake 1× Malachi 2:12
[or] strives 1× Isaiah 64:7
and woke me 1× Zechariah 4:1
are stirred 1× Job 17:8
are stirred up 1× Jeremiah 50:41
be roused 1× Joel 3:12
Do not arouse 1× Song Of Solomon 8:4
had stirred 1× Ezra 1:5
He awakens 1× Isaiah 50:4
He awakens Me 1× Isaiah 50:4
He has roused Himself 1× Zechariah 2:13
He stirs up 1× Isaiah 42:13
He will rouse Himself 1× Job 8:6
I have raised up 1× Isaiah 41:25
I roused you 1× Song Of Solomon 8:5
I will incite 1× Ezekiel 23:22
I will rouse 1× Zechariah 9:13
I will rouse them 1× Joel 3:7
is awake 1× Song Of Solomon 5:2
is awakened 1× Zechariah 4:1
is rising 1× Jeremiah 25:32
is stirred up 1× Jeremiah 6:22
It stirs 1× Isaiah 14:9
or awaken 1× Song Of Solomon 8:4
or exulted 1× Job 31:29
Rally 1× Psalms 80:2
rouse 1× Joel 3:9
rouse Leviathan 1× Job 41:10
roused 1× Job 14:12
stir up 1× Jeremiah 50:9
stirred up 1× 1 Chronicles 5:26
stoke the fire 1× Hosea 7:4
they lament 1× Isaiah 15:5
to rouse 1× Job 3:8
unleash 1× Psalms 78:38
will brandish 1× Isaiah 10:26
will raise up [Cyrus] 1× Isaiah 45:13
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 32:11 יָעִ֣יר to stirs up Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Judges 5:12 עוּרִ֤י to Awake Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Judges 5:12 עוּרִי֙ to awake Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Judges 5:12 ע֥וּרִי to Awake Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Judges 5:12 ע֖וּרִי to awake Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular 2 Samuel 23:18 עוֹרֵ֣ר to wielded Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 1 Chronicles 5:26 וַיָּעַר֩ to stirred up Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1 Chronicles 11:11 עוֹרֵ֧ר to wielded Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 1 Chronicles 11:20 עוֹרֵ֣ר to wielded Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 21:16 וַיָּ֨עַר to stirred Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 32:11
Aligned rows 80
Books represented 20
Deuteronomy 1 Judges 4 2 Samuel 1 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 2 Ezra 2 Job 6 Psalms 12 Proverbs 1 Song Of Solomon 9 Isaiah 18 Jeremiah 6 Ezekiel 1 Daniel 2 Hosea 1 Joel 3 Habakkuk 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 5 Malachi 1
Source forms
יָעִ֣יר 4x yā·‘îr Deuteronomy 32:11, Job 8:6, Isaiah 42:13, Daniel 11:2
הֵעִ֣יר 3x hê·‘îr 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1, Jeremiah 51:11
עוּרִ֤י 3x ‘ū·rî Judges 5:12, Isaiah 51:9, Zechariah 13:7
תָּעִ֧ירוּ׀ 3x tā·‘î·rū Song Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5, Song Of Solomon 8:4
אָעִ֥ירָה 2x ’ā·‘î·rāh Psalms 57:8, Psalms 108:2
יֵע֖וֹר 2x yê·‘ō·wr Jeremiah 6:22, Jeremiah 25:32
ע֭וּרָֽה 2x ‘ū·rāh Psalms 57:8, Psalms 108:2
ע֖וּרִי 2x ‘ū·rî Judges 5:12, Habakkuk 2:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular 12x Judges 5:12, Song Of Solomon 4:16, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 52:1
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 7x Deuteronomy 32:11, Job 8:6, Psalms 78:38, Isaiah 42:13
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular 5x Isaiah 13:17, Jeremiah 50:9, Jeremiah 51:1, Ezekiel 23:22
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 5x 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:5, Isaiah 41:2
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular 5x Psalms 44:23, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 59:4, Psalms 108:2
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 4x 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20, Isaiah 14:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x 1 Chronicles 5:26, 2 Chronicles 21:16, Haggai 1:14
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 3x Song Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5, Song Of Solomon 8:4
Evidence Summary
Revelation
Hebrew word. Ranges from physical awakening to spiritual/emotional rousing; often divine action stirring people to action or awareness
Strong's H5782
Lexical occurrences 80 verses Word forms 5 forms 59 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Isaiah 13:17-22 Source Gloss
to wake (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ranges from physical awakening to spiritual/emotional rousing; often divine action stirring people to action or awareness
to wake (literally or figuratively) BDB: rouse oneself Usage: (a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), × master, raise (up), stir up (self).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 59
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 14×
Sequential imperfect Hab 2:19 · Isa 51:9 · Isa 52:1 · Judg 5:12 · Song 4:16 · Zech 13:7 12×
Participle active Mal 2:12 · Song 5:2 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 24×
Imperfect Dan 11:2 · Deut 32:11 · Isa 42:13 · Isa 50:4 · Job 8:6 · Ps 78:38 · Song 2:7 · Song 3:5 · Song 8:4 10×
Perfect 2Chr 36:22 · Ezra 1:1 · Ezra 1:5 · Isa 41:2 · Jer 51:11 · Isa 41:25 6×
Participle active Ezek 23:22 · Hos 7:4 · Isa 13:17 · Jer 50:9 · Jer 51:1 5×
Cohortative Ps 57:9 · Ps 108:3 2×
Sequential imperfect Joel 4:9 1×
Polel 10×
Imperfect Song 2:7 · Song 3:5 · Song 8:4 · Isa 15:5 · Prov 10:12 5×
Perfect 1Chr 11:11 · 1Chr 11:20 · 2Sam 23:18 · Isa 14:9 4×
Infinitive construct Job 3:8 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 7×
Imperfect Jer 6:22 · Jer 25:32 · Zech 4:1 · Jer 50:41 · Job 14:12 5×
Jussive Joel 4:12 1×
Perfect Zech 2:17 1×
Hithpolel 4×
Sequential imperfect Isa 51:17 2×
Participle active Isa 64:6 1×
Imperfect Job 17:8 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
To rouse or awaken for action.
To rouse or awaken.
To awaken or rouse.
to awaken, provoke, or incite
Awake; arouse to action; to break out of inactivity
Showing 5 selected witnesses from 80 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
עוּר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
The word suggests hatred actively provokes and inflames conflict. Isaiah 13:17-22
The term attributes Babylon’s downfall directly to God’s initiative. Isaiah 41:1-7
Highlights divine initiation of historical movements. Isaiah 45:8-13
Describes God’s sovereign activation of Cyrus. Proverbs 10:12
Canonical Themes
Revelation
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain