סוּר sur

Hebrew word for “to turn aside” · Strong’s H5493 · used 300 times in 282 verses

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Meaning

: remove; 1) to turn aside, depart;

Senses in the lexicon

• to turn aside: remove (147)
• to turn aside: turn aside (84)
• to turn aside: depart (69)

How it is translated

Glosses given for sur in context, with how often each is used:

• removed 47
• turned aside 38
• will remove 35
• remove 24
• turn aside 22
• will turn aside 16
• will depart 11
• depart 10
• have turned aside 9
• departed 7
• will be removed 5
• turn away 5

Where it is used

Also in 18 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 15 (6), Exodus 8 (4), Leviticus 3 (4), 1 Kings 15 (4), Leviticus 4 (3), Deuteronomy 17 (3), Judges 16 (3), Judges 19 (3), 1 Samuel 17 (3), 1 Samuel 28 (3)

Forms

• סר 30
• ויסר 25
• סרו 20
• הסיר 17
• סור 13
• יסור 12
• וסר 12
• סורו 11
• הסר 9
• והסרתי 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִן־ min “from” 44
• רַע ra “bad” 31
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 26
• רַק raq “except” 17
• בָּמָה bamah “high place” 16
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 27
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 17
• אַחַר achar “after” 21
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 16
• שְׂמֹאל semol “left” 12
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 21
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 15

Key verses

The verses using sur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Numbers 14:9 — Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is…
• Deuteronomy 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the…
• Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Isaiah 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isaiah 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the…
• Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as…
• Ezekiel 11:19 — And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of…
• Daniel 9:5 — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
• Zephaniah 3:15 — The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.