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STRONGS NUMBER H6697
Transliteration: tsur
Phonetic Spelling: (tsoor)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: rock, cliff
Meaning: a cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge
Word Summary
tsur: rock, cliff
Original Word: צוּרTransliteration: tsur
Phonetic Spelling: (tsoor)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: rock, cliff
Meaning: a cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge
Strong's Concordance
edge, mighty God one, rock, sharp, stone, strength, strong Or tsur {tsoor}; from tsuwr; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous) -- edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also Beyth Tsuwr.
see HEBREW tsuwr
see HEBREW Beyth Tsuwr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6697. tsur
I. צוּר noun masculineJob 29:6 rock, cliff; — ׳צ absolute Exodus 17:6 +, construct Deuteronomy 8:15 +; suffix צוּרִי 2 Samuel 22:3, etc.; plural צֻרִים Numbers 23:9 +, צוּרוֺת Job 28:10; construct צוּרֵי 1 Samuel 24:3 (Gi v.24:2); —
1. a. rocky wall, cliff, Exodus 17:6 (twice in verse) (E), Deuteronomy 8:15 (׳צ הַחַלָּמִישׁ), Isaiah 48:21 (twice in verse); Psalm 78:15; 78:20; 105:41; 114:8; ("" חַלָּמִישׁ); בַצּ ׳בּוֺא Isaiah 2:10, צֻרִים בִּמְעָרוֺת 2:19, הַצּ ׳בְּנִקְרוֺת 2:21, compare Exodus 33:21-22, (JE); yielding honey (from its clefts) Psalm 81:17 (compare Deuteronomy 32:13; Dy PerlesAnal. 34 We read צוּף); as look-out Numbers 23:9 (JE), home of goats 1 Samuel 24:3 (Gi v.24:2), snow-covered Jeremiah 18:14; bearing (olives for) oil Deuteronomy 32:13 (צ ׳חַלְמִישׁ), Job 29:6; resort of homeless 24:8, pierced by miners 28:10, compare perhaps אוֺפִיר בְּצ ׳שִׁית נְחָלִים 22:24 deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most below צֹר pebble); as quarry, figurative of Abraham as ancestor of Israel Isaiah 51:1; place of security 1 Chronicles 11:15, ׳צ הַמִּישׁוֺר Jeremiah 21:13 (of city), figurative Psalm 27:5; 61:3; symbol of firmness Nahum 1:6; Job 14:18; 18:4; enduring material 19:24.
b. rock with flat surface 2 Samuel 21:10; Proverbs 30:19.
c. block of stone, boulder Judges 6:21; 13:19 (as altar); compare מִכְשׁוֺל צוּר Isaiah 8:14 ("" אֶבֶן נֶגֶף).
d. rock with specific name, ׳צ עוֺרֵב Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26.
2. a. figurative of God (33 t.) as support and defence of his people (often "" ׳י אֱלֹהִים,, etc.), ׳צ מָעֻזֵּךְ Isaiah 17:10, ׳צ מָעוֺז Psalm 31:3, ׳צ עֻזִּי 62:8, ׳צ מָעוֺן, 71:3, ׳צ יְשֻׁעָתוֺ Deuteronomy 32:15 compare 2 Samuel 22:47b (but strike out, see "" Psalm 18:47), 89:27; 95:1, ׳צ וִישׁוּעָתִי 62:3; 62:7, ׳צ מַחְסִי 94:22; ׳צ יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 30:29; 2 Samuel 23:3 (personified), צוּרִי Psalm 18:3; 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:3, 47a, >Bible:Psalm 19:15>; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 92:16; 144:1, ׳צ לְבָבִי 73:26, צוּרֵנוּ Deuteronomy 32:31, צוּרָם 32:30; Psalm 78:35; with בְּ essent. ׳צ עוֺלָמִים י ׳בְּיָהּ Isaiah 26:4 (compare Psalm 62:8; see ב I. 7 c); as
proper name, of deity (the Rock Deuteronomy 32:4, 18 (׳צ יְלָֽדְךָ), 32:37; Habakkuk 1:12, +(perhaps) Psalm 75:6 (read בַּצּוּד, see צַוָּאר; see also מְּדָהצוּר).
b. of a heathen god Deuteronomy 32:31, compare Isaiah 44:3, א ׳מִבַּלְעֲדֵי צוּר מִי 2 Samuel 22:32 "" Psalm 18:32, compare 1 Samuel 2:2. — See also צוּר בֵּית and הַצֻּרִים חֶלְקַת. — Psalm 89:44 see צֹד below III. צרר, 49:15 see צוּרָה below III. צור. above