צוּר tsur

Hebrew word for “rock” · Strong’s H6697 · used 78 times in 74 verses

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Meaning

1) rock, cliff; 1a) rocky wall, cliff;

Senses in the lexicon

• rock (77)
• Rocks (of Goats) (1)

How it is translated

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

• rock 65
• rocks 7
• flints 2
• like rock 1
• among the rocks 1
• form 1
• flint 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 32 (7), 2 Samuel 22 (3), Psalms 18 (3), Psalms 62 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Isaiah 2 (3), Exodus 33 (2), Joshua 5 (2), Psalms 89 (2), Exodus 17 (1)

Forms

• צור 23
• צורי 11
• הצור 8
• בצור 7
• צרים 5
• וצור 5
• לצור 4
• מצור 3
• צורם 3
• כצורנו 1

Words used with it

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

• יֵשַׁע yesah “salvation” 7
• מִשְׂגָּב misgav “high refuge” 5
• מַי mayim “water” 8
• אֵל el “God” 6
• חַלָּמִישׁ challamish “flint” 3
• סֶלַע sela “crag” 4
• יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 4
• בִּלְעֲדֵי bilade “beside” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• מַחְסֶּה machaseh “refuge” 3
• מְצוּדָה matsudah “fortress” 3
• הָדָר hadar “glory” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Deuteronomy 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly…
• Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
• 1 Samuel 2:2 — There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• Psalms 18:2 — The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Psalms 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 95:1 — O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Isaiah 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to…
• Isaiah 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and…
• Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
• Nahum 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Habakkuk 1:12 — Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast…

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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.