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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
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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 BoxExo 23:22 - If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - And the Lord said to me, Do not ye quarrel with the Moabites, and do not engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an inheritance, for I have given Aroer to the children of Lot to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - and ye shall draw nigh to the children of Amman: do not quarrel with them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Amman for an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12 - But if they will not hearken to thee, but wage war against thee, thou shalt invest it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - And if thou shouldest besiege [fn]a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, thou shalt not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but thou shalt eat of it, and shalt not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter [fn]before thee into [fn]the work of the siege?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Jobel and his brethren are come to Sychem; and behold, they have besieged the city against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:8 - And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - And it came to pass when the time of the year for kings going out to battle had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And they came and besieged him in Abel and Phermacha: and they raised a mound against the city and it stood close to the wall; and all the people with Joab proposed to throw down the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - (LXX 7:3) And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the [fn]flutings were four fingers wide, and thus was the other pillar formed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:27 - And Baasa son of Achia, who was over the house of Belaan son of Achia, conspired against him, and smote him in Gabathon of the Philistines; for Nabat and all Israel were besieging Gabathon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - (LXX 21:1) And the son of Ader gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, he and thirty-two kings with him, and all his horse and [fn]chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:24 - And it came to pass after this, that the son of Ader king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - (LXX 12:11) And it came to pass, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:5 - Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not [fn]prevail against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 - And the king of the Assyrians went up [fn]against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 - And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel,) that Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11 - And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings to war, that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabba. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabba and destroyed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - If there should be famine upon the land, if there should be death, a pestilent wind and blight; if there should be locust and caterpillar, and if the enemy should harass them before their cities: in whatever plague and whatever distress they may be;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:20 - And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - wherein he charged them to use their own laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - (LXX 138:5) the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will compass thee about like David, and will raise a mound about thee, and set up towers round thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war wherewith ye fight against the Chaldeans that have besieged you from outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine: but he that goes forth to advance to the Chaldeans that have besieged you, shall live, and his life shall be to him for a spoil, and he shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - (LXX 39:2) And the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against Jerusalem: and Jeremias was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the king's house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - (LXX 44:5) And the host of Pharao was come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldeans heard the report of them, and they went up from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:1 - (LXX 46:1) And it came to pass in the ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3 - And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it for an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - And thou shalt take thence a few in number, and shalt wrap them in the fold of thy garment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:1 - In the third year of the reign of Joakim king of Juda, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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