nur denotes burning fire, especially the furnace into which men are cast and the fiery imagery of a throne and river.

The attested usage chiefly names the burning element of the furnace into which men are threatened, cast, and from which they emerge unharmed. In the later vision, it occurs in descriptions of a throne’s flames and wheels and of a river issuing before the seated figure.

1. Fire of the burning furnace · dominant

   The determined singular form occurs in the command that non-worshipers be cast into the furnace in Daniel 3:6 and Daniel 3:11. In Daniel 3:22 the APB renders the clause “the flame of the fire killed those men,” while Daniel 3:27 describes this fire as having no power over the bodies of the three men.

   Daniel 3:6Daniel 3:11Daniel 3:22Daniel 3:25Daniel 3:26Daniel 3:27
2. Fire in throne and river imagery · occasional

   The absolute singular form appears in Daniel 7:9, where the APB describes a throne as “flames of fire” and its wheels as “burning fire.” In Daniel 7:10, the APB renders a “river of fire” issuing and proceeding from before the seated figure.

   Daniel 7:9Daniel 7:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the term within “burning fiery furnace,” and elsewhere as “fire,” “flame of the fire,” “flames of fire,” and “river of fire.” These phrases describe the clauses rather than establishing separate lexical renderings.