צוּרtsûwr
rock, cliff
Pronunciation: tsoor · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6697
Meanings
1.
a. rocky wall, cliff (Exodus 17:6; Deuteronomy 8:15; Isaiah 48:21)
b. rock, with flat surface (2 Samuel 21:10; Proverbs 30:19)
c. block of stone, boulder (Judges 6:21; Judges 13:19; Isaiah 8:14)
d. rock, with specific name (Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26)
2.
a. figurative of God, as proper name [of deity] (the) Rock (Isaiah 17:10; Psalms 31:3; Psalms 62:8)
b. of a heathen god (Deuteronomy 32:31; Isaiah 44:3; 2 Samuel 22:32)
Same root
- צוּרtsûwr · H6696to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
- אֱלִיצוּרʼĔlîytsûwr · H468Elitsur, an Israelite
- בֵּית צוּרBêyth Tsûwr · H1049Beth-Tsur, a place in Palestine
- חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִיםChelqath hats-Tsurîym · H2521Chelkath Hats-tsurim, a place in Palestine
- טוּרṭûwr · H2906a rock or hill
- פְּדָהצוּרPᵉdâhtsûwr · H6301Pedahtsur, an Israelite
- צוּרTsûwr · H6698Tsur, the name of a Midianite and of an Israelite
- צוּרָהtsûwrâh · H6699a rock (Job 28:10); also a form (as if pressed out)
Where it appears
Appears 78 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 17:6 I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.
- Exodus 33:21 The Lord continued, “Look, stand near me on this rock.
- Exodus 33:22 As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
- Numbers 23:9 I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.
- Deuteronomy 8:15 Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!
- Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
See every passage
- Exodus 17:6, 33:21, 33:22
- Numbers 23:9
- Deuteronomy 8:15, 32:4, 32:13, 32:15, 32:18, 32:30, 32:31, 32:37
- Joshua 5:2, 5:3
- Judges 6:21, 7:25, 13:19
- 1 Samuel 2:2, 24:2
- 2 Samuel 21:10, 22:3, 22:32, 22:47, 23:3
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
- Job 14:18, 18:4, 19:24, 22:24, 24:8, 28:10, 29:6
- Psalms 18:2, 18:31, 18:46, 19:14, 27:5, 28:1, 31:2, 49:14, 61:2, 62:2, 62:6, 62:7, 71:3, 73:26, 78:15, 78:20, 78:35, 81:16, 89:26, 89:43, 92:15, 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, 44:8, 48:21, 51:1
- Jeremiah 18:14, 21:13
- Nahum 1:6
- Habakkuk 1:12
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).