Quick Definition
Shur
Biblical Persons & Places
Shur
Shur
A location first mentioned at Gen.16.7;
only referred to as Shur (שׁוּר).
Strong's Definition
Shur, a region of the Desert
Derivation: the same as H7791 (שׁוּר);
KJV Usage: Shur.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Shur = "wall"
1) a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea
1a) also 'wilderness of Etham'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Shur = "wall"
a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea
also 'wilderness of Etham'
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוּר
shûr
BDB Definition:
Shur = wall
1) a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea
1a) also wilderness of Etham
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H7791
Total KJV Occurrences: 6