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Lexicon :: Strong's H6697 - ṣûr

Aa
צוּר
Transliteration
ṣûr
Pronunciation
tsoor
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper noun with reference to deity
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1901a

Strong’s Definitions

צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; or צֻר tsur; from H6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous):—edge, × (mighty) God (one), rock, × sharp, stone, × strength, × strong. See also H1049.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H6697 in the following manner: rock (64x), strength (5x), sharp (2x), God (2x), beauty (1x), edge (1x), stones (1x), mighty One (1x), strong (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H6697 in the following manner: rock (64x), strength (5x), sharp (2x), God (2x), beauty (1x), edge (1x), stones (1x), mighty One (1x), strong (1x).

  1. rock, cliff

    1. rocky wall, cliff

    2. rock (with flat surface)

    3. block of stone, boulder

    4. rock (specific)

    5. rock (of God)

    6. rock (of heathen gods)

      proper noun with reference to deity

    7. Rock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוּר tsûwr, tsoor; or צֻר tsur; from H6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous):—edge, × (mighty) God (one), rock, × sharp, stone, × strength, × strong. See also H1049.
STRONGS H6697: Abbreviations
† I. צוּר noun masculineJob 29:6 rock, cliff; — צ׳ absolute Exodus 17:6 +, construct Deuteronomy 8:15 +; suffix צוּרִי 2 Samuel 22:3, etc.; plural צֻרִים Numbers 23:9 +, צוּרוֺת Job 28:10; construct צוּרֵי 1 Samuel 24:3 (Gi 1 Samuel 24:2); —
1.
a. rocky wall, cliff, Exodus 17:6 (twice in verse) (E), Deuteronomy 8:15 (הַחַלָּמִישׁ צ׳), Isaiah 48:21 (twice in verse); Psalm 78:15; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 105:41; Psalm 114:8; (|| חַלָּמִישׁ); בּוֺא בַצּ׳ Isaiah 2:10, בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Isaiah 2:19, בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּ׳ Isaiah 2:21, compare Exodus 33:21, 22 (JE); yielding honey (from its clefts) Psalm 81:17 (compare Deuteronomy 32:13; Dy PerlesAnal. 34 We read צוּף); as look-out Numbers 23:9 (JE), home of goats 1 Samuel 24:3 (Gi 1 Samuel 24:2), snow-covered Jeremiah 18:14; bearing (olives for) oil Deuteronomy 32:13 (חַלְמִישׁ צ׳), Job 29:6; resort of homeless Job 24:8, pierced by miners Job 28:10, compare perhaps נְחָלִים שִׁית בְּצ׳ אוֺפִיר Job 22:24 deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most below צֹר pebble); as quarry, figurative of Abraham as ancestor of Israel Isaiah 51:1; place of security 1 Chronicles 11:15, הַמִּישׁוֺר צ׳ Jeremiah 21:13 (of city), figurative Psalm 27:5; Psalm 61:3; symbol of firmness Nahum 1:6; Job 14:18; Job 18:4; enduring material Job 19:24.
b. rock with flat surface 2 Samuel 21:10; Proverbs 30:19.
c. block of stone, boulder Judges 6:21; Judges 13:19 (as altar); compare צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל Isaiah 8:14 (|| נֶגֶף אֶבֶן).
d. rock with specific name, עוֺרֵב צ׳ Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26.
2.
a. figurative of God (33 times) as support and defence of his people (often || אֱלֹהִים, י׳, etc.), מָעֻזֵּךְ צ׳ Isaiah 17:10, מָעוֺז צ׳ Psalm 31:3, עֻזִּי צ׳ Psalm 62:8, מָעוֺן צ׳, Psalm 71:3, יְשֻׁעָתוֺ צ׳ Deuteronomy 32:15 compare 2 Samuel 22:47b (but strike out, see || Psalm 18:47), Psalm 89:27; Psalm 95:1, וִישׁוּעָתִי צ׳ Psalm 62:3; Psalm 62:7, מַחְסִי צ׳ Psalm 94:22; יִשְׂרָאֵל צ׳ Isaiah 30:29; 2 Samuel 23:3 (personified), צוּרִי Psalm 18:3; Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:3, 47a, Psalm 19:15; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 92:16; Psalm 144:1, לְבָבִי צ׳ Psalm 73:26, צוּרֵנוּ Deuteronomy 32:31, צוּרָם Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalm 78:35; with בְּ essent. בְּיָהּ י׳ עוֺלָמִים צ׳ Isaiah 26:4 (compare Psalm 62:8; see ב I. 7 c); as proper name, of deity (the Rock Deuteronomy 32:4, 18 (יְלָֽדְךָ צ׳), Deuteronomy 32:37; Habakkuk 1:12, +(perhaps) Psalm 75:6 (read בַּצּוּד, see צַוָּאר; see also מְּדָהצוּר).
b. of a heathen god Deuteronomy 32:31, compare Isaiah 44:3, מִי צוּר מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א׳ 2 Samuel 22:32 || Psalm 18:32, compare 1 Samuel 2:2. — See also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים. — [Psalm 89:44 [Psalm 89:43] see H6697 צֹד , Psalm 49:15 [Psalm 49:14]] see H6699 צוּרָה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

17:6; 17:6; 33:21; 33:22

Numbers

23:9; 23:9

Deuteronomy

8:15; 8:15; 32:4; 32:13; 32:13; 32:15; 32:18; 32:30; 32:31; 32:31; 32:37

Judges

6:21; 7:25; 13:19

1 Samuel

2:2; 24:2; 24:2; 24:3; 24:3

2 Samuel

21:10; 22:3; 22:3; 22:32; 22:47; 22:47; 23:3

1 Chronicles

11:15

Job

14:18; 18:4; 19:24; 22:24; 24:8; 28:10; 28:10; 29:6; 29:6

Psalms

18:3; 18:32; 18:47; 18:47; 27:5; 28:1; 31:3; 49:14; 61:3; 62:3; 62:7; 62:8; 62:8; 71:3; 73:26; 75:6; 78:15; 78:20; 78:35; 89:27; 89:43; 94:22; 95:1; 105:41; 114:8; 144:1

Proverbs

30:19

Isaiah

2:10; 2:19; 2:21; 8:14; 10:26; 17:10; 26:4; 30:29; 44:3; 48:21; 51:1

Jeremiah

18:14; 21:13

Nahum

1:6

Habakkuk

1:12

H6697

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Strong's Number H6697 matches the Hebrew צוּר (ṣûr),
which occurs 78 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 89:26–Hab 1:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:26 - He H1931 shall cry unto me, H7121 Thou H859 art my father, H1 my God, H410 and the rock H6697 of my salvation. H3444

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - Thou hast H7725➔ also H637 turned ➔H7725 the edge H6697 of his sword, H2719 and H3808➔ hast H6965➔ not ➔H3808 made him to stand ➔H6965 in the battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15 - To shew H5046 that H3588 the LORD H3068 is upright: H3477 he is my rock, H6697 and H3808➔ there is no ➔H3808 unrighteousness H5766 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 - But H1961➔ the LORD H3068 is ➔H1961 my H589 defence; H4869 and my God H430 is the rock H6697 of my refuge. H4268

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - O come, H3212 let us sing H7442 unto the LORD: H3068 let us make a joyful noise H7321 to the rock H6697 of our salvation. H3468

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:41 - He opened H6605 the rock, H6697 and H2100➔ the waters H4325 gushed out; ➔H2100 they ran H1980 in the dry places H6723 like a river. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - Which turned H2015 the rock H6697 into a standing H98 water, H4325 the flint H2496 into a fountain H4599 of waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] H1732 Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 my strength, H6697 which teacheth H3925 my hands H3027 to war, H7128 and my fingers H676 to fight: H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way H1870 of an eagle H5404 in the air; H8064 the way H1870 of a serpent H5175 upon H5921 a rock; H6697 the way H1870 of a ship H591 in the midst H3820 of the sea; H3220 and the way H1870 of a man H1397 with a maid. H5959

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter H935 into the rock, H6697 and hide thee H2934 in the dust, H6083 for H6440 fear H6343 of the LORD, H3068 and for the glory H1926 of his majesty. H1347

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - And they shall go H935 into the holes H4631 of the rocks, H6697 and into the caves H4247 of the earth, H6083 for H6440 fear H6343 of the LORD, H3068 and for the glory H1926 of his majesty, H1347 when he ariseth H6965 to shake terribly H6206 the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - To go H935 into the clefts H5366 of the rocks, H6697 and into the tops H5585 of the ragged rocks, H5553 for H6440 fear H6343 of the LORD, H3068 and for the glory H1926 of his majesty, H1347 when he ariseth H6965 to shake terribly H6206 the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And he shall be H1961 for a sanctuary; H4720 but for a stone H68 of stumbling H5063 and for a rock H6697 of offence H4383 to both H8147 the houses H1004 of Israel, H3478 for a gin H6341 and for a snare H4170 to the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - And H5782➔ the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 shall stir up ➔H5782 a scourge H7752 for him H5921 according to the slaughter H4347 of Midian H4080 at the rock H6697 of Oreb: H6159 and H4294➔ as his rod ➔H4294 was upon H5921 the sea, H3220 so shall he lift it up H5375 after the manner H1870 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - Because H3588 thou hast forgotten H7911 the God H430 of thy salvation, H3468 and H6697➔ hast H2142➔ not H3808 been mindful ➔H2142 of the rock ➔ H6697 of thy strength, H4581 therefore H5921 H3651 shalt thou plant H5193 pleasant H5282 plants, H5194 and H2156➔ shalt set it H2232 with ➔H2156➔ strange H2114 slips: ➔H2156

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - Trust ye H982 in the LORD H3068 for ever: H5704 H5703 for H3588 in the LORD H3050 JEHOVAH H3068 is everlasting H5769 strength: H6697

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - Ye shall have H1961 a song, H7892 as in the night H3915 when a H2282➔ holy H6942➔ solemnity ➔H2282 is kept; ➔H6942 and gladness H8057 of heart, H3824 as when one goeth H1980 with a pipe H2485 to come H935 into the mountain H2022 of the LORD, H3068 to H413 the mighty One H6697 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - Fear ye H6342 not, H408 neither H408 be afraid: H7297 have H8085➔ not H3808 I told thee ➔H8085 from that time, H227 and have declared H5046 it? ye H859➔ are even ➔H859 my witnesses. H5707 Is there H3426 a God H433 beside me? H1107 yea, H369➔ there is no ➔H369 God; H6697 I know H3045 not H1077 any.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - And H3808➔ they thirsted H6770 not ➔H3808 when he led them H3212 through the deserts: H2723 he caused H5140➔ the waters H4325 to flow ➔H5140 out of the rock H6697 for them: he clave H1234➔ the rock H6697 also, ➔H1234 and H2100➔ the waters H4325 gushed out. ➔H2100

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - Hearken H8085 to me, H413 ye that follow after H7291 righteousness, H6664 ye that seek H1245 the LORD: H3068 look H5027 unto H413 the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn, H2672 and to H413 the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged. H5365

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Will a man leave H5800 the snow H7950 of Lebanon H3844 which cometh from the rock H6697 of the field? H7704 or H518 shall H5428➔ the H4325➔ cold H7119 flowing H5140 waters ➔H4325 that come from another place H2114 be forsaken? ➔H5428

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - Behold, I H2005 am against thee, H413 O inhabitant H3427 of the valley, H6010 and rock H6697 of the plain, H4334 saith H5002 the LORD; H3068 which say, H559 Who H4310 shall come down H5181 against us? H5921 or who H4310 shall enter H935 into our habitations? H4585

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who H4310 can stand H5975 before H6440 his indignation? H2195 and who H4310 can abide H6965 in the fierceness H2740 of his anger? H639 his fury H2534 is poured out H5413 like fire, H784 and the rocks H6697 are thrown down H5422 by him. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - Art thou H859 not H3808 from everlasting, H6924 O LORD H3068 my God, H430 mine Holy One? H6918 we shall H4191➔ not H3808 die. ➔H4191 O LORD, H3068 thou hast ordained them H7760 for judgment; H4941 and, O mighty God, H6697 thou hast established them H3245 for correction. H3198

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