שׁוּרShûwr

Same root

• שׁוּרshûwr · H7791a wall (as going about)

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 16:7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
• Genesis 20:1 Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
• Genesis 25:18 Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
• Exodus 15:22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water.
• 1 Samuel 15:7 Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 27:8 David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.