Tanur (תנור) means stove in Hebrew.
It can also mean oven. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
stove, oven
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Tanur.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראמתקן לחימום לצורך אפיה ובישול, לעיבוד חומרים ולחימום הסביבה.
וְכָל־מִנְחָה אֲשֶׁר תֵּאָפֶה בַּתַּנּוּר וְכָל־נַעֲשָׂה בַמַּרְחֶשֶׁת וְעַל־מַחֲבַת לַכֹּהֵן הַמַּקְרִיב אֹתָהּ לוֹ תִהְיֶה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Tanur is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- תַּנּוּר
- Written without vowel points
- תנור
- Said
- tanur
- Root
- נ־ו־ר
- Pattern
- תַּקְטוּל
- Plural
- תַּנּוּרִים
- Inflections
- ר' תַּנּוּרִים
- Gematria
- 656
This is how Tanur is said in other languages.
- English
- stove, oven
- Arabic
- موقد
- Russian
- плита, печь
- French
- fourneau, poêle, four
- Spanish
- horno, cocina, calentador, estufa
- German
- Herd, Kochherd, Ofen
These words mean nearly the same as Tanur.
These words mean the opposite of Tanur.
These words rhyme with Tanur.
The word Tanur is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אשתנור
- חם מהתנור
- תנור אפייה
- תנור בישול
- מיקרוגל
- תנור מקלה
- תנור רם
- תנורו של עכנאי
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The word Tanur comes from the root נ־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Tanur in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tanur.
What does Tanur (תנור) mean in Hebrew?
Tanur (תנור) means stove and oven. It is said tanur, with the stress on nur.
What is a synonym for Tanur (תנור)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tanur (תנור) are כבשן and קמין.
What is the opposite of Tanur (תנור)?
Words that mean the opposite of Tanur (תנור) are מקרר and מאוורר.
What rhymes with Tanur (תנור)?
Words that rhyme with Tanur (תנור) include כדור, יצור, דיבור, ציבור, אור, and אור.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry תנור of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.