HebrewH6697Noun (Masculine)

צוּר

tsur

59Occurrences
H6697Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Combined with ya.el (*יָעֵל *"Wildgoats'" H3277) This name means rock, cliff

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

צוּר appears 59 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
12
Isaiah
11
Deuteronomy
8
Job
7
2 Samuel
5
Exodus
3
Judges
3
Jeremiah
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:15BSB

Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

Deuteronomy 32:30BSB

How could one man pursue a thousand,or two put ten thousand to flight,unless their Rock had sold them,unless the LORD had given them up?

Isaiah 2:19BSB

Men will flee to caves in the rocksand holes in the ground,away from the terror of the LORDand from the splendor of His majesty,when He rises to shake the earth.

Jeremiah 18:14BSB

Does the snow of Lebanonever leave its rocky slopes?Or do its cool waters flowing from a distanceever run dry?

Nam 1:6BSB

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