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Lexicon :: Strong's H5493 - sûr

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סוּר
Transliteration
sûr
Pronunciation
soor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1480

Strong’s Definitions

סוּר çûwr, soor; or שׂוּר sûwr; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively):—be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x

The KJV translates Strong's H5493 in the following manner: (put, take, ...) away (97x), depart (76x), remove (35x), aside (29x), take (14x), turn (12x), turn in (9x), take off (6x), go (3x), put (3x), eschewed (3x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x
The KJV translates Strong's H5493 in the following manner: (put, take, ...) away (97x), depart (76x), remove (35x), aside (29x), take (14x), turn (12x), turn in (9x), take off (6x), go (3x), put (3x), eschewed (3x), miscellaneous (14x).
  1. to turn aside, depart

    1. (Qal)

      1. to turn aside, turn in unto

      2. to depart, depart from way, avoid

      3. to be removed

      4. to come to an end

    2. (Polel) to turn aside

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose

      2. to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish

    4. (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּר çûwr, soor; or שׂוּר sûwr; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively):—be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
STRONGS H5493: Abbreviations
סוּר and (Hosea 9:12) [שׂוּד] 300 verb turn aside (Late Hebrew Hiph. cause to turn aside, or apostatize; Tel Amarna sûru, noun rebel WklGloss); —
Qal161 Perfect masculine singular סָר Exodus 3:4 +; 3rd person feminine singular סָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 16:14 +; 1st person singular סָ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:102; 3rd person plural סָרוּ Deuteronomy 9:12 +; 2nd person masculine plural סַרְתֶּם Deuteronomy 9:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָסוּר Genesis 49:10 +, וַיָּ֫מַר Judges 4:18 +; 3rd person feminine singular תָּסוּר 1 Samuel 6:3 +; 1st person singular cohortative אָסֻ֫רָה Exodus 3:3; 3rd person masculine plural יָסֻ֫רוּ Exodus 25:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סוּר 2 Samuel 2:22 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute סוֺר Daniel 9:5, סֹר Daniel 9:11; construct סוּר Isaiah 7:17 +; suffix שׂוּרִי Hosea 9:12 (Ges§ 6 k Now); Participle סָר Job 1:1 +; feminine construct סָרַת Proverbs 11:22; masculine plural construct סָרֵי Jeremiah 6:28 (or from סרר, or שָׂר); passive feminine סוּרָה Isaiah 49:21, with intransitive meaning (Ges§ 50fii. 1, 137), plural suffix סוּרַי [H3249 Jeremiah 17:13] Qr; and construct סוּרֵי [H5494 Jeremiah 2:21]; —
1. turn aside, out of one's course 1 Samuel 6:12; Deuteronomy 2:27, from following, מֵאַחֲרֵי person 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 2:22, absolute 2 Samuel 2:23, from attacking, מֵעַל 2 Chronicles 20:10; turn in unto (for shelter, refuge, etc.), with אֶלֿ, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3(J) Judges 4:18 (3 times in verse); Judges 19:11, Judges 19:12; 2 Kings 4:11, with לְ Judges 20:8, with שָׁם Judges 18:3; Judges 19:15, שָׁ֫מָה Judges 18:15; 2 Kings 4:8)+ infinitive), 2 Kings 4:10; with הֵ֫נָּה Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16 (in figurative); for purpose implied Exodus 3:3 (J) Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse), or expressed by infinitive Exodus 3:4 (J) Judges 14:8; Jeremiah 15:5 (in figurative); especially figurative turn aside from right path, from י׳, his commands, etc., usually with מִן Exodus (J) Judges 2:17; Deuteronomy 9:12 + 7 times D, Proverbs 13:14 + 5 times Proverbs, + 10 times elsewhere, + 2 Chronicles 8:15 (insert מִן); with מֵאַחֲרֵי 1 Samuel 12:20 + 4 times; with מֵעַל Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 6:9; מִן + יָמִין etc. Deuteronomy 5:29 ; Deuteronomy 17:11; 2 Kings 22:2 2 Chronicles 34:2; absolute (sometimes = revolt) Psalm 14:3; Jeremiah 5:23; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 17:17 (subject לֵבָב), וְסוּרַי Jeremiah 17:13 Qr (> יסורי Kt) read probably וְסוּרֶיךָ those revolting from thee (Ew Gie); סוּרֵי הַגֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה H5494 Jeremiah 2:21 degenerate (shoots) of the foreign vine (figurative); סָרַת טַעַם Proverbs 11:22 a woman turning aside as to discretion, shewing lack of it; also from wrong path, sins (of Jeroboam), etc., with מִן 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Kings 14:24 + 7 times 2 Kings; with מֵעַל 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Kings 15:18; with מֵאַחֲרֵי 2 Kings 10:29; סָר מֵרָע (participle) Job 1:1, Job 1:8; Job 2:3 also Isaiah 59:15; סוּר מֵרָע (infinitive and imperative) Job 28:28; Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17; Psalm 34:1b; Psalm 37:27.
2. depart, usually with מִן, of frogs Exodus 8:7 [Exodus 8:11], flies Exodus 8:25 [Exodus 8:29] (both J), sword 2 Samuel 12:10; sceptre from Judah Genesis 49:10 (poem in J): י׳'s hand 1 Samuel 6:3, his kindness 2 Samuel 7:15 (MT, but read אָסִיר Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate || 1 Chronicles 17:13 Th We Dr Klo Bu Kit HPS), his wrath Ezekiel 16:42 (but strike out Co Siegf Toy), depart from way = get out of the way, cease to obstruct Isaiah 30:11, etc.; with מִתּוֺךְ 1 Samuel 15:6 (twice in verse); with מֵעַל Isaiah 7:17; Judges 16:19; Numbers 12:10, etc.; of י׳ departing, מִן person, Hosea 9:12, מֵעַל Judges 16:20; 1 Samuel 28:16, מֵעִם 1 Samuel 18:12; God, with מִן Job 21:14; Job 22:17, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 28:16, רוּחֵ י׳, with מֵעִם 1 Samuel 16:14; evil spirit, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 16:23; absolute depart [from Babylon] Isaiah 52:11 (twice in verse); = avoid contact Lamentations 4:15 (3 times in verse); of wicked Job 15:30 he shall not depart out of (מִנִּי) darkness, i.e. shall not avoid it, escape it; passive participle made to depart, thrust away, of Israel under figure of wife Isaiah 49:21 (> active, according to BaNB § 124 c).
3. of lifeless things = be removed, oppressors's yoke, with מֵעַל Isaiah 14:25 compare Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 10:27; staves from (מִן) ark Exodus 25:15; absolute inquity Isaiah 6:7; especially of בָּמוֺת 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4 [2 Kings 12:3]; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles 20:33.
4. = come to an end, Amos 6:7; Isaiah 11:13. — For סָר אֶלֿ 1 Samuel 22:14 read שָׂר עַלֿ Greek Version of the LXX Th Dr Klo Bu Kit Löhr HPS; in 1 Samuel 15:32 Th HPS strike out סָר (after Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version) as dittograph; סָר סָבְאָם Hosea 4:18 see סֹבֶא; Hosea 7:14 read יָס֫וֺרוּ for יָס֫וּרוּ (√ סרר which see); Jeremiah 6:28, it is uncertain whether (סוֺרְרִים) סָרֵי belongs here, revolters among the rebellious, or below []סרר, or even = שָׂרֵי princes, chiefs (compare 1 Samuel 22:14).
Pô`lel Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סוֺרֵר דְּרָכָיו Lamentations 3:11 he turned aside my ways (my steps).
Hiph.133 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵסִיר 2 Kings 18:4 +; 2nd person masculine singular וַהֲסִרֹ֫תָ consecutive (Dr§ 110(5) Obs.) 1 Kings 3:31 [1Ki 2:31]; 1st person singular הֲסִירֹ֫תִי 2 Kings 23:27 +, וַהֲסִרֹתִ֫י 1 Samuel 17:46 +; 3rd person plural הֵסִ֫ירוּ 2 Chronicles 30:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָסִיר Isaiah 3:18 +, jussive יָסֵר Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8] +, וַיָּ֫סַר Genesis 8:13 +; suffix וַיְסִרֵהוּ 1 Samuel 18:13, וַיְסִרֶהָ 1 Kings 15:13, יְסִירֶנָּה Leviticus 3:4 +; 3rd person masculine plural יָסִ֫ירוּ Isaiah 5:23 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָסֵר 1 Kings 20:24 +, הָסִיר Ezekiel 21:31 [Ezekiel 21:26] (read הָסֵיר, הָסֵר); feminine singular הָסִ֫ירִי 1 Samuel 1:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָסֵר Genesis 30:32 +; construct הָסִיר 2 Kings 6:32 +, etc.; Participle מֵסִיר Isaiah 3:1 + 3 times; —
1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away: with מִן, Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8]; Exodus 8:27 [Exodus 8:31]; Exodus 33:23 (all J), Exodus 23:25 (E) Deuteronomy 7:15; 1 Samuel 28:3; Joshua 7:13 (J) Judges 10:16; Isaiah 3:1; Psalm 18:23 [Psalm 18:22] (+ || 2 Samuel 22:23, read אָסִיר מִמֶּנִּי De Hup-Now HPS); shoulder from burden Psalm 81:7 [Psalm 81:6]; מֵסִיר אָזְנוֺ מִשְּׁמֹעַ Proverbs 28:9; + often, + Job 33:17 (insert מִן Greek Version of the LXX Ew Di De Hi Bu and others); with מֵעַל, take off ring Genesis 41:42 (E) Esther 3:10, also Esther 8:2 (absolute); garments Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 (J) Deuteronomy 21:13; Zechariah 3:4; 1 Samuel 17:39 (armour), also Exodus 34:34 (P; absolute) and Ezekiel 26:16 (Co insert מֵעַל); take off head, מֵעַל 1 Samuel 17:46, absolute 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Kings 16:32; with מֵעַל also often figurative (from upon = from resting on, or burdening), plagues Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8]; Exodus 10:17 (J), compare Numbers 21:7 (E), also 1 Samuel 1:14; Amos 5:23; 1 Kings 2:31; reproach 1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 25:8; with מֵעִם = from one's presence 1 Samuel 18:13, also of י׳ removing kindness 1 Chronicles 16:13 [1 Samuel 16:14] = || 2 Samuel 7:15 (see Qal 2.); with מֵעַל מָּנָיו, of י׳ removing Israel 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 23:27; 2 Kings 24:3; Jeremiah 32:31; absolute 2 Kings 23:27; often absolute, Genesis 8:13 Noah removed the covering; remove = depose with מִן 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16 (see מִן 7b (b)), absolute 2 Chronicles 36:3, compare Judges 9:29; Job 34:20; remove בָּמוֺת, etc., 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 18:22 = Isaiah 36:7; 2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Kings 23:19; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Chronicles 14:2 [2 Chronicles 14:3], compare 2 Chronicles 14:4 [2 Chronicles 14:5]; 2 Chronicles 17:5 [2 Chronicles 17:6] (both with מִן); = put away strange gods, etc., Genesis 35:2; Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:23 (all E), 1 Samuel 7:4, with מִתּוֺךְ 1 Samuel 7:3; Isaiah 58:9; once with לְ, מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים Job 12:20.
2. rarer uses are: put aside = leave undone Joshua 11:15 (D); retract words Isaiah 31:2 (of י׳); reject prayer Psalm 66:20; abolish sacrifice Daniel 11:31; turn one away מֵאַחֲרֵי, i.e. from following Deuteronomy 7:4; with אֶלֿ person, remove the ark unto 2 Samuel 6:10 = 1 Chronicles 13:13.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּסַר Leviticus 4:31; Daniel 12:11; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּסַר Leviticus 4:35; Participle מוּסָר Isaiah 17:1; plural מוּסָרִים 1 Samuel 21:7 [1 Samuel 21:6] (but final ם probably dittograph before מ We Dr Klo Kit HPS); — be taken away, removed: with מִן Leviticus 4:35, מֵעַל Leviticus 4:31, מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ 1 Samuel 21:7 [1 Samuel 21:6]; מוּסָר מֵעִיר Isaiah 17:1 Damascus is removed from being a city; absolute be abolished Daniel 12:11 (compare Daniel 11:31 Hiph.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 8:13; 19:2; 19:3; 30:32; 35:2; 38:14; 38:19; 41:42; 49:10; 49:10

Exodus

3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 8:11; 8:29; 8:31; 10:17; 23:25; 25:15; 25:15; 33:23; 34:34

Leviticus

3:4; 4:31; 4:31; 4:35; 4:35

Numbers

12:10; 21:7

Deuteronomy

2:27; 5:29; 7:4; 7:15; 9:12; 9:12; 9:16; 11:16; 17:11; 17:17; 21:13

Joshua

7:13; 11:15; 24:14; 24:23

Judges

2:17; 4:18; 4:18; 9:29; 10:16; 14:8; 16:19; 16:20; 18:3; 18:15; 19:11; 19:12; 19:15; 20:8

Ruth

4:1

1 Samuel

1:14; 1:14; 6:3; 6:3; 6:12; 7:3; 7:4; 12:20; 15:6; 15:32; 16:14; 16:14; 16:14; 16:23; 17:26; 17:39; 17:46; 17:46; 18:12; 18:13; 18:13; 21:6; 21:6; 22:14; 22:14; 28:3; 28:16; 28:16

2 Samuel

2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 4:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:15; 12:10; 16:9; 22:23

1 Kings

2:31; 2:31; 15:13; 15:13; 15:14; 20:24; 22:44

2 Kings

3:3; 4:8; 4:10; 4:11; 6:32; 10:29; 10:31; 12:3; 14:4; 14:24; 15:4; 15:18; 15:35; 17:18; 17:23; 18:4; 18:4; 18:22; 22:2; 23:19; 23:27; 23:27; 23:27; 24:3

1 Chronicles

13:13; 17:13

2 Chronicles

8:15; 14:3; 14:5; 15:16; 15:17; 17:6; 20:10; 20:33; 30:14; 30:14; 32:12; 34:2; 36:3

Esther

3:10; 8:2

Job

1:1; 1:1; 1:8; 2:3; 12:20; 15:30; 21:14; 22:17; 28:28; 33:17; 34:20

Psalms

14:3; 18:22; 34:1; 37:27; 66:20; 81:6; 119:102

Proverbs

3:7; 9:4; 9:16; 11:22; 11:22; 13:14; 13:19; 16:6; 16:17; 28:9

Isaiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:18; 5:23; 6:7; 7:17; 7:17; 10:27; 11:13; 14:25; 14:25; 17:1; 17:1; 25:8; 30:11; 31:2; 36:7; 49:21; 49:21; 52:11; 58:9; 59:15

Jeremiah

5:23; 6:28; 6:28; 15:5; 17:13; 32:31; 32:40

Lamentations

3:11; 4:15

Ezekiel

6:9; 16:42; 21:26; 26:16

Daniel

9:5; 9:11; 11:31; 11:31; 12:11; 12:11

Hosea

4:18; 7:14; 9:12; 9:12; 9:12

Amos

5:23; 6:7

Zechariah

3:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5493 matches the Hebrew סוּר (sûr),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - His heart was courageous in the ways of the LORD. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:27 - From the time when he turned away from the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:14 - They set to work and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for burning incense they took away and threw into the brook Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “Before one altar you shall worship, and on it you shall burn your sacrifices”?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - And he took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside of the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - And Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel and made all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - And they set aside the burnt offerings that they might distribute them according to the groupings of the fathers’ houses of the lay people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And so they did with the bulls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3 - Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent[fn] of gold.
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