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Lexicon :: Strong's H6696 - ṣûr

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צוּר
Transliteration
ṣûr
Pronunciation
tsoor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1898,1899,190

Strong’s Definitions

צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile):—adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H6696 in the following manner: besiege (21x), lay siege (3x), distress (3x), bind (2x), adversaries (1x), assault (1x), bags (1x), beset (1x), cast (1x), fashioned (1x), fortify (1x), inclose (1x), bind up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H6696 in the following manner: besiege (21x), lay siege (3x), distress (3x), bind (2x), adversaries (1x), assault (1x), bags (1x), beset (1x), cast (1x), fashioned (1x), fortify (1x), inclose (1x), bind up (1x).

  1. to bind, besiege, confine, cramp

    1. (Qal)

      1. to confine, secure

      2. to shut in, beseige

      3. to shut up, enclose

  2. (Qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe

  3. (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile):—adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
STRONGS H6696: Abbreviations
II. צוּר verb confine, bind, besiege (Late Hebrew id., wrap (rare); Aramaic צוּר besiege, beleaguer); —
Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְצַרְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 14:25, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּ֫צַר 1 Kings 20:1 +, 2nd person masculine singular תָּצוּר Deuteronomy 20:19, etc.; Imperative feminine singular צוּרִ֫י Isaiah 21:2 (after עֲלִי Köi. 444, compare Ges§ 72s); Infinitive construct לָצוּר 1 Samuel 23:8; Participle plural צָרִים 1 Kings 15:27 +; —
1. confine, secure (|| I. צרר), accusative of thing + ב of receptacle Deuteronomy 14:25; 2 Kings 5:23; Ezekiel 5:3; complem. omitted 2 Kings 12:11.
2. shut in, besiege, with עַל of city 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 16:17; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 6:24, 25; 2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 18:9; 2 Kings 24:11; Isaiah 29:3 (+ accusative of siege-works), Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 39:9; Deuteronomy 20:12; Ezekiel 4:3; Daniel 1:1; with עַל person (within city) 2 Samuel 20:15; 2 Kings 16:5; Jeremiah 21:4, 9; with אֶל of city (for עַל) Deuteronomy 20:19; with אֶל person 1 Samuel 23:8; with אֵת of city only 1 Chronicles 20:1 (|| 2 Samuel 11:1 above); absolute Isaiah 21:2. — הִנָּם צָרִים אֶתהָֿעִיר עָלֶיךָ Judges 9:31 is corrupt; FrankenbRichterbuch 28 Bu GFMHpt Now מְעִרִים inciting against.
3. shut up, enclose: נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז Songs 8:9 (על of maid [under figure of door] + accusative mater., compare Isaiah 29:3 above); with suffix person Psalm 139:5 (figurative, י׳ subject).

† III. [צוּר] verb shew hostility to, treat as foe (with accusative of person) (akin to II. צרר, to which SS assign the forms, but compare Arabic bdb084901 act unjustly, also defraud; Syriac bdb084902, rival wife); —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular וְצַרְתִּ֫י אֶתצֹֿרֲרֶיךָ Exodus 23:22 (subject י׳; || וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י אֶתאֹֿיְבֶיךָ); Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular אַלתָּֿ֫צַר אֶתמֿוֺאָב Deuteronomy 2:9; 2nd person masculine plural suffix אַלתְּֿצֻרֵם Deuteronomy 2:19; Participle הַצָּרִים אוֺתָם Esther 8:11.

† IV. [צוּר] verb fashion, delineate (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic צוּר, bdb084903, bdb084904; bdb084905 picture, Sabean צור, plural צורת HomChrest.125 MordtmHim. Inschr. 14.15; Arabic bdb084906 is loan-word according to Frä272); — Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְצַרְתָּ֫ Ezekiel 43:11 (for MT צוּרַת) according to Greek Version of the LXX. We Sm Co Toy Berthol Krae, and thou shalt delineate the house (compare הַגֵּד Ezekiel 43:10, הוֺדַע וּכְתֹב Ezekiel 43:11); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּ֫צַר אֹתוֺ בַּחֶרֶט Exodus 32:4 (E) and fashioned it [the gold] with a graving-tool; וַיָּ֫צַר אֶתשְֿׁנֵי הָֹעַמּוּדִים 1 Kings 7:15 (+ accusative mater.), read (יצק) וַיִּצֹּק, so Greek Version of the LXX SS Kit Benz compare Th; 1st person singular suffix אצורך Jeremiah 1:5 Kt, see H3335 יצר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:22; 32:4

Deuteronomy

2:9; 2:19; 14:25; 14:25; 20:12; 20:19; 20:19

Judges

9:31

1 Samuel

23:8; 23:8

2 Samuel

11:1; 11:1; 20:15

1 Kings

7:15; 15:27; 15:27; 16:17; 20:1; 20:1

2 Kings

5:23; 6:24; 6:25; 12:11; 16:5; 17:5; 18:9; 24:11

1 Chronicles

20:1

Esther

8:11

Psalms

139:5

Song of Songs

8:9

Isaiah

21:2; 21:2; 29:3; 29:3

Jeremiah

1:5; 21:4; 21:9; 32:2; 37:5; 39:9

Ezekiel

4:3; 5:3; 43:10; 43:11; 43:11

Daniel

1:1

H6696

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Strong's Number H6696 matches the Hebrew צוּר (ṣûr),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - ‘When you come H7126 opposite H4136 the sons H1121 of Ammon, H5983 do not harass H6696 them nor H408 provoke H1624 them, for I will not give H5414 you any H4480 of the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 as a possession, H3425 because H3588 I have given H5414 it to the sons H1121 of Lot H3876 as a possession.’ H3425

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12 - “However, if H518 it does not make H7999 peace H7999 with you, but makes H6213 war H4421 against H5973 you, then you shall besiege H6696 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - “When H3588 you besiege H6696 a city H5892 a long H7227 time, H3117 to make H3898 war H3898 against H5921 it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy H7843 its trees H6086 by swinging H5080 an axe H1631 against H5921 them; for you may eat H398 from them, and you shall not cut H3772 them down. H3772 [fn]For is the tree H6086 of the field H7704 a man, H120 that it should [fn]be besieged H4692 by you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - He sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Abimelech H40 [fn]deceitfully, H8649 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 and his [fn]relatives H251 have come H935 to Shechem; H7927 and behold, H2009 they are [fn]stirring H6696 up the city H5892 against H5921 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:8 - So Saul H7586 summoned H8085 all H3605 the people H5971 for war, H4421 to go H3381 down H3381 to Keilah H7084 to besiege H6696 David H1732 and his men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - They came H935 and besieged H6696 H5921 him in Abel H62 Beth-maacah, H1038 and they [fn]cast H8210 up a siege H5550 ramp H5550 against H413 the city, H5892 and it stood H5975 by the rampart; H2426 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with Joab H3097 were wreaking H7843 destruction H7843 in order to topple H5307 the wall. H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - He fashioned H6696 the two H8147 pillars H5982 of bronze; H5178 eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 was the height H6967 of one H259 pillar, H5982 and a line H2339 of twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 [fn]measured H5437 the circumference H5437 of both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:27 - Then Baasha H1201 the son H1121 of Ahijah H281 of the house H1004 of Issachar H3485 conspired H7194 against H5921 him, and Baasha H1201 struck H5221 him down H5221 at Gibbethon, H1405 which H834 belonged to the Philistines, H6430 while Nadab H5070 and all H3605 Israel H3478 were laying H6696 siege H6696 to Gibbethon. H1405

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - Then Omri H6018 and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him went H5927 up from Gibbethon H1405 and besieged H6696 H5921 Tirzah. H8656

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - Now Ben-hadad H1130 king H4428 of Aram H758 gathered H6908 all H3605 his army, H2428 and there were thirty-two H7970 H8147 kings H4428 with him, and horses H5483 and chariots. H7393 And he went H5927 up and besieged H6696 H5921 Samaria H8111 and fought H3898 against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - Now it came H1961 about after H310 this, H3651 that Ben-hadad H1130 king H4428 of Aram H758 gathered H6908 all H3605 his army H4264 and went H5927 up and besieged H6696 H5921 Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - There was a great H1419 famine H7458 in Samaria; H8111 and behold, H2009 they besieged H6696 H5921 it, until H5704 a donkey’s H2543 head H7218 was sold H1961 for eighty H8084 shekels of silver, H3701 and a fourth H7255 of a [fn]kab H6894 of dove’s H3123 dung H1686 for five H2568 shekels of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - When they saw H7200 that there was much H7227 money H3701 in the chest, H727 the king’s H4428 scribe H5608 and the high H1419 priest H3548 came H5927 up and tied H6696 it in bags and counted H4487 the money H3701 which was found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then H227 Rezin H7526 king H4428 of Aram H758 and Pekah H6492 son H1121 of Remaliah, H7425 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 came H5927 up to Jerusalem H3389 to wage war; H4421 and they besieged H6696 H5921 Ahaz, H271 but could H3201 not [fn]overcome H3898 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 - Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 invaded H5927 the whole H3605 land H776 and went H5927 up to Samaria H8111 and besieged H6696 H5921 it three H7969 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 - Now in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of King H4428 Hezekiah, H2396 which H1931 was the seventh H7637 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 son H1121 of Elah H425 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H5927 up against H5921 Samaria H8111 and besieged H6696 H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11 - And Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 to the city, H5892 while his servants H5650 were besieging H6696 H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring, H8666 at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out to battle, that Joab H3097 led H5090 out the army H6635 H2428 and ravaged H7843 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon, H5983 and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah. H7237 But David H1732 stayed H3427 at Jerusalem. H3389 And Joab H3097 struck H5221 Rabbah H7237 and overthrew H2040 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - “If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land, H776 if H3588 there is pestilence, H1698 if H3588 there is blight H7711 or mildew, H3420 if H3588 there is locust H697 or grasshopper, H2625 if H3588 their enemies H340 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities, H8179 whatever H3605 plague H5061 or whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:20 - So Tilgath-pilneser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 against H5921 him and afflicted H6887 him instead H3808 of strengthening H2388 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - [fn]In them the king H4428 granted H5414 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892 the right to assemble H6950 and to defend H5975 their lives, H5315 to destroy, H8045 to kill H2026 and to annihilate H6 the entire H3605 army H2428 of any people H5971 or province H4082 which might attack H6696 them, including H854 children H2945 and women, H802 and to plunder H962 their spoil, H7998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - You have enclosed H6696 me behind H268 and before, H6924
And laid H7896 Your hand H3709 upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - “If H518 she is a wall, H2346
We will build H1129 on her a battlement H2918 of silver; H3701
But if H518 she is a door, H1817
We will barricade H6696 her with planks H3871 of cedar.” H730

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A harsh H7186 vision H2380 has been shown H5046 to me;
The treacherous H898 one still deals H898 treacherously, H898 and the destroyer H7703 still destroys. H7703
Go H5927 up, Elam, H5867 lay H6696 siege, H6696 Media; H4074
I have made H7673 an end H7673 of all H3605 [fn]the groaning H603 she has caused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - I will camp H2583 against H5921 you [fn]encircling H1754 you,
And I will set H6696 siegeworks H4674 against H5921 you,
And I will raise H6965 up battle H4694 towers H4694 against H5921 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 “Behold, H2009 I am about to turn H5437 back H5437 the weapons H3627 of war H4421 which H834 are in your hands, H3027 with which H834 you are warring H3898 against H854 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and the Chaldeans H3778 who are besieging H6696 H5921 you outside H4480 H2351 the wall; H2346 and I will gather H622 them into the center H8432 of this H2088 city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - “He who dwells H3427 in this H2088 city H5892 will die H4191 by the sword H2719 and by famine H7458 and by pestilence; H1698 but he who goes H3318 out and falls H5307 away H5307 to the Chaldeans H3778 who are besieging H6696 H5921 you will live, H2421 and he will have H1961 his own life H5315 as booty. H7998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - Now at that time H227 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem, H3389 and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 was shut H3607 up in the court H2691 of the guard, H4307 which H834 was in the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah, H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s H6547 army H2428 had set H3318 out from Egypt; H4714 and when the Chaldeans H3778 who had been besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 the report H8088 about them, they lifted H5927 the siege from Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - “Take H3947 also a few H4592 in number H4557 from [fn]them and bind H6696 them in the edges H3671 of your robes.

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