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Lexicon :: Strong's H6697 - ṣûr

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צוּר
Transliteration
ṣûr
Pronunciation
tsoor
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper noun with reference to deity
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1901a

Strong’s Definitions

צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; or צֻר tsur; from H6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous):—edge, × (mighty) God (one), rock, × sharp, stone, × strength, × strong. See also H1049.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H6697 in the following manner: rock (64x), strength (5x), sharp (2x), God (2x), beauty (1x), edge (1x), stones (1x), mighty One (1x), strong (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H6697 in the following manner: rock (64x), strength (5x), sharp (2x), God (2x), beauty (1x), edge (1x), stones (1x), mighty One (1x), strong (1x).

  1. rock, cliff

    1. rocky wall, cliff

    2. rock (with flat surface)

    3. block of stone, boulder

    4. rock (specific)

    5. rock (of God)

    6. rock (of heathen gods)

      proper noun with reference to deity

    7. Rock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; or צֻר tsur; from H6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous):—edge, × (mighty) God (one), rock, × sharp, stone, × strength, × strong. See also H1049.
STRONGS H6697: Abbreviations
† 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 1 Samuel 24:2); —
1.
a. rocky wall, cliff, Exodus 17:6 (twice in verse) (E), Deuteronomy 8:15 (הַחַלָּמִישׁ צ׳), Isaiah 48:21 (twice in verse); Psalm 78:15; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 105:41; Psalm 114:8; (|| חַלָּמִישׁ); בּוֺא בַצּ׳ Isaiah 2:10, בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Isaiah 2:19, בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּ׳ Isaiah 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 1 Samuel 24:2), snow-covered Jeremiah 18:14; bearing (olives for) oil Deuteronomy 32:13 (חַלְמִישׁ צ׳), Job 29:6; resort of homeless Job 24:8, pierced by miners Job 28:10, compare perhaps נְחָלִים שִׁית בְּצ׳ אוֺפִיר Job 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, הַמִּישׁוֺר צ׳ Jeremiah 21:13 (of city), figurative Psalm 27:5; Psalm 61:3; symbol of firmness Nahum 1:6; Job 14:18; Job 18:4; enduring material Job 19:24.
b. rock with flat surface 2 Samuel 21:10; Proverbs 30:19.
c. block of stone, boulder Judges 6:21; Judges 13:19 (as altar); compare צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל Isaiah 8:14 (|| נֶגֶף אֶבֶן).
d. rock with specific name, עוֺרֵב צ׳ Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26.
2.
a. figurative of God (33 times) as support and defence of his people (often || אֱלֹהִים, י׳, etc.), מָעֻזֵּךְ צ׳ Isaiah 17:10, מָעוֺז צ׳ Psalm 31:3, עֻזִּי צ׳ Psalm 62:8, מָעוֺן צ׳, Psalm 71:3, יְשֻׁעָתוֺ צ׳ Deuteronomy 32:15 compare 2 Samuel 22:47b (but strike out, see || Psalm 18:47), Psalm 89:27; Psalm 95:1, וִישׁוּעָתִי צ׳ Psalm 62:3; Psalm 62:7, מַחְסִי צ׳ Psalm 94:22; יִשְׂרָאֵל צ׳ Isaiah 30:29; 2 Samuel 23:3 (personified), צוּרִי Psalm 18:3; Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:3, 47a, Psalm 19:15; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 92:16; Psalm 144:1, לְבָבִי צ׳ Psalm 73:26, צוּרֵנוּ Deuteronomy 32:31, צוּרָם Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalm 78:35; with בְּ essent. בְּיָהּ י׳ עוֺלָמִים צ׳ Isaiah 26:4 (compare Psalm 62:8; see ב I. 7 c); as proper name, of deity (the Rock Deuteronomy 32:4, 18 (יְלָֽדְךָ צ׳), Deuteronomy 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, מִי צוּר מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א׳ 2 Samuel 22:32 || Psalm 18:32, compare 1 Samuel 2:2. — See also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים. — [Psalm 89:44 [Psalm 89:43] see H6697 צֹד , Psalm 49:15 [Psalm 49:14]] see H6699 צוּרָה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

17:6; 17:6; 33:21; 33:22

Numbers

23:9; 23:9

Deuteronomy

8:15; 8:15; 32:4; 32:13; 32:13; 32:15; 32:18; 32:30; 32:31; 32:31; 32:37

Judges

6:21; 7:25; 13:19

1 Samuel

2:2; 24:2; 24:2; 24:3; 24:3

2 Samuel

21:10; 22:3; 22:3; 22:32; 22:47; 22:47; 23:3

1 Chronicles

11:15

Job

14:18; 18:4; 19:24; 22:24; 24:8; 28:10; 28:10; 29:6; 29:6

Psalms

18:3; 18:32; 18:47; 18:47; 27:5; 28:1; 31:3; 49:14; 61:3; 62:3; 62:7; 62:8; 62:8; 71:3; 73:26; 75:6; 78:15; 78:20; 78:35; 89:27; 89:43; 94:22; 95:1; 105:41; 114:8; 144:1

Proverbs

30:19

Isaiah

2:10; 2:19; 2:21; 8:14; 10:26; 17:10; 26:4; 30:29; 44:3; 48:21; 51:1

Jeremiah

18:14; 21:13

Nahum

1:6

Habakkuk

1:12

H6697

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Strong's Number H6697 matches the Hebrew צוּר (ṣûr),
which occurs 78 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 89:26–Hab 1:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:26 - “He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock H6697 of my salvation.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have not made him stand in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15 - To [fn]declare that the LORD is upright;
He is my rock, H6697 and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 - But the LORD has been my stronghold,
And my God the rock H6697 of my refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD,
Let us shout joyfully to the rock H6697 of our salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:41 - He opened the [fn]rock H6697 and water flowed out;
[fn]It ran in the dry places like a river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - Who turned the rock H6697 into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:1 - A Psalm of David.
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, H6697
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way of an eagle in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock, H6697
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter the rock H6697 and hide in the dust
From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - Men will go into caves of the rocks H6697
And into holes of the [fn]ground
Before the terror of the LORD
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - In order to go into the caverns of the rocks H6697 and the clefts of the cliffs
Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - “Then He shall become a sanctuary;
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock H6697 to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - The LORD of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock H6697 of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the rock H6697 of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine slips of a strange god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - “Trust in the LORD forever,
For in [fn]GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock. H6697

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - You will have [fn]songs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock H6697 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - ‘Do not tremble and do not be afraid;
Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?
And you are My witnesses.
Is there any God besides Me,
Or is there any other Rock? H6697
I know of none.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts.
He made the water flow out of the rock H6697 for them;
He split the rock H6697 and the water gushed forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
Who seek the LORD:
Look to the rock H6697 from which you were hewn
And to the [fn]quarry from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - ‘Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock H6697 of the open country?
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - “Behold, I am against you, O valley dweller,
O [fn]rocky H6697 plain,” declares the LORD,
“You men who say, ‘Who will come down against us?
Or who will enter into our habitations?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the burning of His anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire
And the rocks H6697 are broken up by Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - Are You not from everlasting,
O LORD, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge;
And You, O Rock, H6697 have established them to correct.

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