H6696 צוּר (tsûwr) tsoor

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

TWOT Reference: 1898,1899,1900

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to bind, besiege, confine, cramp

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to confine, secure

1a2) to shut in, beseige

1a3) to shut up, enclose

2) (Qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe

3) (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G64 G480 G906 G1210 G2523 G2983 G4111 G4776 G4912

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צוּר (tsur) — to confine. 1) to bind, besiege, confine, cramp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to confine, secure 1a2) to shut in, beseige 1a3) to shut up, enclose

צוּר (tsur) — to provoke. (Qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe

צוּר (tsur) — to form. (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צור (H6696)

verb · מָצֹור · מְצוּרָה

Close | verb qal

to board up = causative action by which humans attach one or more objects to another object that contains an opening ► in order to block entry and/or exit

SNG 8:9

Gather | verb qal | ≈ חנה כְּדוּר

to besiege, to lay siege, to attack = action by which a group of humans gather around a town with an army and surround it ► with the purpose of forcing it to surrender by cutting off all supplies, or by attacking it directly with the help of siege-works

DEU 20:12 · DEU 20:19 · DEU 20:19 · 1SA 23:8 · 1SA 23:8 · 2SA 11:1 · 2SA 20:15 · 1KI 15:27 · 1KI 16:17 · 1KI 20:1 · 2KI 6:24 · 2KI 6:25 · 2KI 16:5 · 2KI 17:5 · 2KI 18:9 · 2KI 24:11 · 1CH 20:1 · ISA 21:2 · ISA 29:3 · JER 21:4 · JER 21:9 · JER 32:2 · JER 37:5 · JER 39:1 · EZK 4:3 · DAN 1:1

Gather | verb qal

to tie up, to wrap up = causative action by which humans tie together small objects in a bag or piece of cloth ► for ease of carrying

DEU 14:25 · 2KI 5:23 · 2KI 12:11 · EZK 5:3

Safe

to hedge in, to guard, to protect = causative action by which deities keep humans safe by surrounding them on all sides

PSA 139:5

verb · צרר

Hate | verb qal | ≈ איב · גרה מִלחָמָה

to show hostility to, to attack, to harass = action by which humans treat other humans with hostility

DEU 2:9 · DEU 2:19 · EST 8:11

Hate | verb qal

to incite someone (against someone else) = causative action by which humans cause other humans to treat someone else with hostility

JDG 9:31

verb · יצר · צוּר · צוּרָה

Exist | verb qal | ≈ יצק

to cast = causative action by which humans produce an object ◄ by pouring molten gold, silver, or bronze into a mould in the shape of that object and letting it cool off

EXO 32:4 · 1KI 7:15

verb

¹ DEU 20:19 · 1SA 23:8 The preposition אֶל probably needs to be read as עַל. ² JDG 9:31 MT HOTTP-A | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB מעירם "stirring up"

Graham S. Ogden

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צוּר vb. confine, bind, besiege base

[צוּר] vb. shew hostility to, treat as foe base

[צוּר] vb. fashion, delineate base

Bible Occurrences (37)

23:22 32:4

2:9 2:19 14:25 20:12 20:19

9:31

23:8

11:1 20:15

7:15 15:27 16:17 20:1

5:23 6:24 6:25 12:10 16:5 17:5 18:9 24:11

20:1

6:28

8:11

139:5

21:2 29:3

21:4 21:9 32:2 37:5 39:1

4:3 5:3

1:1

Exodus 23:22

But if you will listen carefully... to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Exodus 32:4

He took [the gold] from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

Deuteronomy 2:9

Then the LORD said to me, Do not harass the Moabites [or] provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land -, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as [their] possession.

Deuteronomy 2:19

But when you get close to the Ammonites..., do not harass them... or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites... -. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as [their] possession.

Deuteronomy 14:25

then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

Deuteronomy 20:12

But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to [that city].

Deuteronomy 20:19

When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit -. You must not cut them down.... Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

Judges 9:31

So he covertly sent... messengers to Abimelech to say, Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem... and are stirring up the city against you.