Pûwr — H6332

Definition

masculine noun

a lot (as by means of a broken piece)

1. Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"
2. lot
1. a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

Usually translated as

Purim, Pur

Origin

also (plural) Pûwrîym; or Purîym; from H6331

• Derived from Pûwr (H6331)

Occurrences

Pûwr occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (7)

• Esther 3:7 — In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (פּוּר֩), that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
• Esther 9:24 — Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (פּוּר֙), that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
• Esther 9:26 — Wherefore they called these days Purim (פוּרִים֙) after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
• Esther 9:26 — Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur (הַפּ֔וּר). Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
• Esther 9:28 — And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim (הַפּוּרִ֣ים) should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
• Esther 9:29 — Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim (הַפּוּרִ֛ים).
• Esther 9:31 — To confirm these days of Purim (הַפֻּרִ֨ים) in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
• Esther 9:32 — And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim (הַפֻּרִ֖ים); and it was written in the book.