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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 1 / 2 (Exo 17:6–Psa 81:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:21 - And the LORD said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:22 - “So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! A people dwelling alone,
Not reckoning itself among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - “He made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:18 - Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
And have forgotten the God who fathered you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had surrendered them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:31 - For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves being judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - He will say: ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the Angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock to the LORD. And He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife looked on—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:2 - “No one is holy like the LORD,
For there is none besides You,
Nor is there any rock like our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - “For who is God, except the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:47

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 - “The LORD lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let God be exalted,
The Rock of my salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling in the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:18 - “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - You who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:24 - That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:24 - Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - When my steps were bathed with cream,[fn]
And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:31 - For who is God, except the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:46 - The LORD lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - A Psalm of David.

To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock:
Do not be silent to me,
Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Bow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of refuge,
A fortress of defense to save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:2 - From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be greatly moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:6 - He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 - In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:26 - My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - Then they remembered that God was their rock,
And the Most High God their Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:16 - He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

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