אוּר

III. אור proper name, of a location Ur (Babylonian Uru; seat of moon-god worship; hence Eupolemos in Euseb^{Praep.Ev.ix. 17} says Καμαρίνῃ ἥν τινας λέγειν πόλιν Οὐρίην), ancient city in Southern Babylonia; OT always אור כַּשְׂדִּים i.e. Ur of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) see כַּשְׂדִּים below כשׂד; home of Terah, Abram's father, & A.'s point of departure for Mesopotamia & Canaan 1 Mos 11,28; 1 Mos 15,7 (both J), & hence Neh 9,7 also 1 Mos 11,31 (P); — modern Muqayyar, south of Euphrates, approximately 150 miles southeast of Babylon; see KG^{94 f} Dl^{Pa 226 f} COT on 1 Mos 11,28.

אֲוֵרוֺת see אֻרְיָה below I. ארה.

אֲוַרְנָה see אֲרַוְנָה