Lexicon Pur: "a lot," a Jewish feast Original Word: פּוּרPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: Pur Phonetic Spelling: (poor) Short Definition: Purim NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definition"a lot," a Jewish feast NASB TranslationPur (3), Purim (5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מּוּר noun masculine lot (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps Assyrian loanword from puru, buru, stone Jen ZA x. 339 f. and in Wild Est p. 173 f.); **Scheft 49f. compare Old Iranian fravi, etc., progress, fortune, fate, lot. — explained by הַגּוֺרָל Esther 3:7; Esther 9:24; שֵׁם הַמּוּר Esther 9:26 explains name of feast מּוּרִים Esther 9:26; יְמֵי הַמֻּרִים days of Purim Esther 9:28; Esther 9:31; ׳אִגֶּרֶת הַמּ Esther 9:29, ׳דִּבְרֵי הַמּ Esther 9:32. — See on Purim especially Now Archaeology ii. 194 ff and references. I. פור (check of following; possibly foam, compare Arabic ( ),  , boil, ferment; Syriac  , Ethpe`el, of anger).
Strong's Pur, Purim Also (plural) Puwriym {poo-reem'}; or Puriym {poo-reem'}; from puwr; a lot (as by means of a broken piece) -- Pur, Purim. see HEBREW puwr |
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