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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 - It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - (5:15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father's place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13 - King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre: "Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: "Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you their king."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12 - Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 - Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, "This one was born there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - Here is a message about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 - When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:17 - At the end of seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth's kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - "Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - "For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:2 - "You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfectly beautiful."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8 - The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:32 - As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: "Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" - yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:12 - "Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - "Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? I will very quickly repay you for what you have done!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - This is what the LORD says: "Because Tyre has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:10 - So I will set fire to Tyre's city wall; fire will consume her fortresses."

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 - as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
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