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Lexicon :: Strong's H6865 - ṣōr

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צֹר
Transliteration
ṣōr
Pronunciation
tsore
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as צֹר (H6864)
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TWOT Reference: 1965

Strong’s Definitions

צֹר Tsôr, tsore; or צוֹר Tsôwr; the same as H6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine:—Tyre, Tyrus.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H6865 in the following manner: Tyrus (22x), Tyre (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H6865 in the following manner: Tyrus (22x), Tyre (20x).

  1. Tyre or Tyrus = "a rock"

    1. the Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֹר Tsôr, tsore; or צוֹר Tsôwr; the same as H6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine:—Tyre, Tyrus.
STRONGS H6865: Abbreviations
† I. צֹר, צוֺר proper name, of a location Τυρος: Tyre, famous Phoenician city (Phoenician צר; Assyrian Ṣurru, so Tel Amarna; Egyptian Ḏa-(ï)rạ, Ḏa-ru WMMAs. u. Eur. 185); — צֹר 2 Samuel 24:7 + 32 times, צוֺר 1 Kings 5:15 + 8 times (Gi); — city of Hiram, friend of David and Solomon 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:11, 12; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2 Chronicles 2:10; of artif. Hiram 1 Kings 7:13; בַּתצֹֿר Psalm 45:13 of city personified (another view in Che); צ׳ also in name of Phoenician fortress, מִבְצַרצֿ׳ 2 Samuel 24:7, צ׳ עִיר מ׳ Joshua 19:29 (P); threatened by prophets Amos 1:9, 10 and (with especially reference to commercial greatness) Isaiah 23:1 (מַשָׂא צֹר), Isaiah 23:5; Isaiah 23:8; Isaiah 23:15; Isaiah 23:15; Isaiah 23:17; Jeremiah 25:22 (מַלְכֵיצֹֿר), Jeremiah 27:3 (מֶלֶךְ צֹר), Jeremiah 47:4; Ezekiel 26:2, 3, 4, 7, 15; Ezekiel 27:2, 3(twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:8, 32; Ezekiel 28:2 (נְגִיד צֹר), Ezekiel 28:12 (מֶלֶךְ צוֺר); besieged by Nebuch. Ezekiel 29:18 (twice in verse); compare Zechariah 9:2, 3; Joel 4:4; Psalm 83:8 (ישְׁבֵי צ׳); of Tyrians as proselytes Psalm 87:4 (predict.); — לְצוֺר Hosea 9:13 is probably corrupt, read לָצוֺד or לָצַיִד Greek Version of the LXX We GASm, compare Now. — צ׳ often + צִידוֺן which see; — see, on Tyre, PietschmPhön. 60 ff. RobBR ii. 461 ff. de LuynesVoyage à la Mer Morte (1874) i. 28 ff., and Pl xiii-xviii BdPal. 3 (1898), 307 ff: — II. H6864 צֹר (flint, knife) see III. צדד
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

19:29

2 Samuel

24:7; 24:7

1 Kings

5:15; 5:15; 7:13; 9:11; 9:12

1 Chronicles

14:1

2 Chronicles

2:2; 2:10

Psalms

45:13; 83:8; 87:4

Song of Songs

2

Isaiah

23:1; 23:5; 23:8; 23:15; 23:15; 23:17

Jeremiah

25:22; 27:3; 47:4

Ezekiel

26:2; 26:3; 26:4; 26:7; 26:15; 27:2; 27:3; 27:8; 27:32; 28:2; 28:12; 29:18

Hosea

9:13

Amos

1:9; 1:10

Zechariah

9:2; 9:3

H6865

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6865 matches the Hebrew צֹר (ṣōr),
which occurs 42 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went south to Judah[fn] as far as Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - [fn]King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David. When Hiram learned that David’s son Solomon was the new king of Israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13 - King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram[fn] to come from Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided all the cedar and cypress timber and gold that Solomon had requested.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber, and stonemasons and carpenters to build him a palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram[fn] at Tyre: “Send me cedar logs as you did for my father, David, when he was building his palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon: “It is because the LORD loves his people that he has made you their king!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12 - The princess of Tyre[fn] will shower you with gifts.
The wealthy will beg your favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 - Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites;
and people from Philistia and Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - I will count Egypt[fn] and Babylon among those who know me—
also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia.[fn]
They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - This message came to me concerning Tyre:
Weep, O ships of Tarshish,
for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone!
The rumors you heard in Cyprus[fn]
are all true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 - When Egypt hears the news about Tyre,
there will be great sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - Who has brought this disaster on Tyre,
that great creator of kingdoms?
Her traders were all princes,
her merchants were nobles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:17 - Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - and the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the regions across the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through their ambassadors who have come to see King Zedekiah in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - “The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed,
along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon.
Yes, the LORD is destroying the remnant of the Philistines,
those colonists from the island of Crete.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - “Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:2 - “Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You boasted, O Tyre,
‘My beauty is perfect!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8 - Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad;
your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:32 - As they wail and mourn over you,
they sing this sad funeral song:
‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre,
now silent at the bottom of the sea?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’
But you are only a man and not a god,
though you boast that you are a god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:12 - “Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You were the model of perfection,
full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son of man, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon fought so hard against Tyre that the warriors’ heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders were raw and blistered. Yet Nebuchadnezzar and his army won no plunder to compensate them for all their work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:10 - So I will send down fire on the walls of Tyre,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 - Doom is certain for Hamath,
near Damascus,
and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon,
though they are so clever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - Tyre has built a strong fortress
and has made silver and gold
as plentiful as dust in the streets!
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