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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 BoxPsa 89:26 - “He will cry H7121 to Me, ‘You are my Father, H1
My God, H410 and the rock H6697 of my salvation.’ H3444

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - You also H637 turn H7725 back H7725 the edge H6864 of his sword H2719
And have not made him stand H6965 in battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15 - To [fn]declare H5046 that the LORD H3068 is upright; H3477
He is my rock, H6697 and there is no H3808 unrighteousness H5766 in Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 - But the LORD H3068 has been H1961 my stronghold, H4869
And my God H430 the rock H6697 of my refuge. H4268

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - O come, H1980 let us sing H7442 for joy H7442 to the LORD, H3068
Let us shout H7321 joyfully H7321 to the rock H6697 of our salvation. H3468

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:41 - He opened H6605 the [fn]rock H6697 and water H4325 flowed H2100 out;
[fn]It ran H1980 in the dry H6723 places H6723 like a river. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - Who turned H2015 the rock H6697 into a pool H98 of water, H4325
The flint H2496 into a fountain H4599 of water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:1 - A Psalm of David.
Blessed H1288 be the LORD, H3068 my rock, H6697
Who trains H3925 my hands H3027 for war, H7128
And my fingers H676 for battle; H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way H1870 of an eagle H5404 in the sky, H8064
The way H1870 of a serpent H5175 on a rock, H6697
The way H1870 of a ship H591 in the middle H3820 of the sea, H3220
And the way H1870 of a man H1397 with a maid. H5959

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter H935 the rock H6697 and hide H2934 in the dust H6083
From the terror H6343 of the LORD H3068 and from the splendor H1926 of His majesty. H1347

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - Men will go H935 into caves H4631 of the rocks H6697
And into holes H4247 of the [fn]ground H6083
Before H4480 H6440 the terror H6343 of the LORD H3068
And the splendor H1926 of His majesty, H1347
When He arises H6965 to make H6206 the earth H776 tremble. H6206

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - In order to go H935 into the caverns H5366 of the rocks H6697 and the clefts H5585 of the cliffs H5553
Before H4480 H6440 the terror H6343 of the LORD H3068 and the splendor H1926 of His majesty, H1347
When He arises H6965 to make H6206 the earth H776 tremble. H6206

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - “Then He shall become H1961 a sanctuary; H4720
But to both H8147 the houses H1004 of Israel, H3478 a stone H68 to strike H5063 and a rock H6697 to stumble H4383 over,
And a snare H6341 and a trap H4170 for the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 will arouse H5782 a scourge H7752 against H5921 him like the slaughter H4347 of Midian H4080 at the rock H6697 of Oreb; H6159 and His staff H4294 will be over H5921 the sea H3220 and He will lift H5375 it up the way H1870 He did in Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - For you have forgotten H7911 the God H430 of your salvation H3468
And have not remembered H2142 the rock H6697 of your refuge. H4581
Therefore H5921 H3651 you plant H5193 delightful H5282 plants H5194
And set H2232 them with vine H2156 slips H2156 of a strange H2114 god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - “Trust H982 in the LORD H3068 forever, H5703
For in [fn]GOD H3050 the LORD, H3068 we have an everlasting H5769 Rock. H6697

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - You will have H1961 [fn]songs H7892 as in the night H3915 when you keep H6942 the festival, H2282
And gladness H8057 of heart H3824 as when one marches H1980 to the sound of the flute, H2485
To go H935 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD, H3068 to the Rock H6697 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - ‘Do not tremble H6342 and do not be afraid; H7297
Have I not long H227 since H227 announced H8085 it to you and declared H5046 it?
And you are My witnesses. H5707
Is there H3426 any H3426 God H433 besides H4480 H1107 Me,
Or is there H369 any other Rock? H6697
I know H3045 of none.’” H1077

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They did not thirst H6770 when He led H1980 them through the deserts. H2723
He made the water H4325 flow H5140 out of the rock H6697 for them;
He split H1234 the rock H6697 and the water H4325 gushed H2100 forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen H8085 to me, you who pursue H7291 righteousness, H6664
Who seek H1245 the LORD: H3068
Look H5027 to the rock H6697 from which you were hewn H2672
And to the [fn]quarry H953 H4718 from which you were dug. H5365

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - ‘Does the snow H7950 of Lebanon H3844 forsake H5800 the rock H6697 of the open country? H7704
Or H518 is the cold H7119 flowing H5140 water H4325 from a foreign H2114 land ever snatched H5428 away? H5428

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - “Behold, H2009 I am against H413 you, O valley H6010 dweller, H3427
O [fn]rocky H6697 plain,” H4334 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“You men who say, H559 ‘Who H4310 will come H5181 down H5181 against H5921 us?
Or who H4310 will enter H935 into our habitations?’ H4585

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who H4310 can stand H5975 before H6440 His indignation? H2195
Who H4310 can endure H6965 the burning H2740 of His anger? H639
His wrath H2534 is poured H5413 out like fire H784
And the rocks H6697 are broken H5422 up by Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - Are You not from everlasting, H6924
O LORD, H3068 my God, H430 my Holy H6918 One? H6918
We will not die. H4191
You, O LORD, H3068 have appointed H7760 them to judge; H4941
And You, O Rock, H6697 have established H3245 them to correct. H3198

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