סוּרçûwr

סוּר: turn aside

Pronunciation: soor · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5494

Meanings

Qal: construct, passive (Exodus 3:4; 1 Samuel 16:14; Psalms 119:102)

1. turn aside (1 Samuel 6:12; Deuteronomy 2:27; 2 Samuel 2:21)

2. depart (Exodus 8:7; Exodus 8:25; 2 Samuel 12:10)

3. be removed, of lifeless things = (Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 10:27; Exodus 25:16)

4. = come to an end (Amos 6:7; Isaiah 11:13; 1 Samuel 22:14)

Pô`lel: turned aside (Lamentations 3:11)

Hiph`il: construct (2 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 3:31; 2 Kings 23:27)

1. cause to (turn aside, ) depart, common word for remove, take away (Exodus 8:4; Exodus 8:27; Exodus 33:23)

2. rarer uses are (Joshua 11:15; Isaiah 31:2; Psalms 66:20)

Hoph`al: be taken away, removed (Leviticus 4:31; Daniel 12:11; Leviticus 4:35)

סוּר: properly Participle of סור q. v.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Jeremiah 2:21 But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?
Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who turn away from you will be disgraced. They will be buried in the dust of the earth, for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).