Quick Definition
Rocks (of Goats)
Strong's Definition
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Derivation: or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר);
KJV Usage: edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).
TWOT Reference: 1901a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צוּר (tsur) — Rocks (of Goats).
Combined with ya.el (יָעֵל "Wildgoats'" H3277) This name means rock, cliff
צוּר (tsur) — rock. 1) rock, cliff 1a) rocky wall, cliff 1b) rock (with flat surface) 1c) block of stone, boulder 1d) rock (specific) 1e) rock (of God) 1f) rock (of heathen gods) n pr dei 1g) Rock Aramaic equivalent: tur (טוּר "mountain" H2906)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים · צוּרִיאֵל · צוּרִישַׁדָּי
Stone | ≈ חַלָּמִישׁ · עָפָר
rock = hard stony material ◄ that forms the crust of the earth, sometimes exposed on the surface, sometimes hidding under the soil; ≈ associated with hardness, permanence, and security
DEU 8:15 · JOB 19:24 · JOB 22:24 · JOB 28:10 · JOB 29:6 · PSA 114:8 · PRO 30:19 · ISA 2:10 · ISA 2:19 · ISA 48:21
Landforms | ≈ גִּבְעָה · הַר · סֶלעַ
rock = mass of rock projecting and forming an elevation
EXO 17:6 · EXO 17:6 · EXO 33:21 · EXO 33:22 · NUM 23:9 · DEU 32:13 · JDG 6:21 · JDG 13:19 · 2SA 21:10 · 1CH 11:15 · JOB 14:18 · JOB 18:4 · JOB 24:8 · PSA 27:5 · PSA 78:15 · PSA 78:20 · PSA 81:17 · PSA 105:41 · ISA 2:21 · ISA 48:21 · ISA 51:1 · JER 18:14 · JER 21:13 · NAM 1:6
Titles | ≈ סֶלַע
(God as a) Rock literally: (one's) rock; hence: = a title for God as the one who provides protection for his people
DEU 32:4 · DEU 32:15 · DEU 32:18 · DEU 32:30 · DEU 32:31 · DEU 32:31 · DEU 32:37 · 1SA 2:2 · 2SA 22:3 · 2SA 22:32 · 2SA 22:47 · 2SA 22:47 · 2SA 23:3 · PSA 18:3 · PSA 18:32 · PSA 18:47 · PSA 19:15 · PSA 28:1 · PSA 31:3 · PSA 61:3 · PSA 62:3 · PSA 62:7 · PSA 62:8 · PSA 71:3 · PSA 73:26 · PSA 78:35 · PSA 89:27 · PSA 92:16 · PSA 94:22 · PSA 95:1 · PSA 144:1 · ISA 8:14 · ISA 17:10 · ISA 26:4 · ISA 30:29 · ISA 44:8 · HAB 1:12
noun m · צור
verb
name
Names of Locations
Collocation: צוּרֵי הַיְּעֵלִים
Wildgoats' Rocks = location; ◄ desert of Judah; ► place where Saul looked for David
1 PSA 71:3 MT HOTTP-C | RSV מָעֹוז 2 PSA 49:15 MT-K צירם | MT-Q צוּרָם
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צוּר n.m. rock, cliff base