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Lexicon :: Strong's H8446 - tûr

Aa
תּוּר
Transliteration
tûr
Pronunciation
toor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2500

Strong’s Definitions

תּוּר tûwr, toor; a primitive root; to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring:—chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H8446 in the following manner: search (11x), search out (3x), spy out (2x), seek (2x), chapmen (with H582) (1x), descry (1x), espied (1x), excellent (1x), merchantmen (with H582) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H8446 in the following manner: search (11x), search out (3x), spy out (2x), seek (2x), chapmen (with H582) (1x), descry (1x), espied (1x), excellent (1x), merchantmen (with H582) (1x).

  1. to seek, search out, spy out, explore

    1. (Qal)

      1. to seek out, select, find out how to do something

      2. to spy out, explore

        1. explorers, spies (participle)

      3. to go about

        1. merchant, trader (participle)

    2. (Hiphil) to make a search, make a reconnaissance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תּוּר tûwr, toor; a primitive root; to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring:—chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).
STRONGS H8446: Abbreviations
† תּוּר verb seek out, spy out, explore (Late Hebrew id. (rare); perhaps originally turn (to or about), Assyrian târu, turn about, back, taiâru adjective turning back, also merciful, and substantive mercy; Arabic bdb106404 (bdb106405) IV. go about (rare), bdb106406 a go-between) —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular תַּרְתִּי Ezekiel 20:6; Ecclesiastes 2:3; 3rd person plural תָּרוּ Numbers 13:32; 2nd person masculine plural תַּרְתֶּם Numbers 14:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יָתֻ֫רוּ Numbers 13:2, וַיָּתֻ֫רוּ Numbers 13:21; read also 3rd person masculine singular, יָתוּר Job 39:8 Vulgate Targum Ew Di Bu Du and most (for יְתוּר); 2nd person masculine plural תָּתוּ֫רוּ Numbers 15:39; Infinitive construct תּוּר Numbers 10:33 +; Participle plural תָּרִים Numbers 14:6, on 1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14 see infra; —
1. seek out, select: לָתוּר לָהֶם מִנוּחָה Numbers 10:33 (J, subject ark of י׳), compare Deuteronomy 1:33 (subject י׳), Ezekiel 20:6 (id., accusative land); followed by infinitive = find out how to do something, בְּלִבִּי לְ ת׳ Ecclesiastes 2:3.
2. spy out, explore, accusative of land Numbers 13:2, 16, 17, 21, 23, 32 (twice in verse); Numbers 14:7, 34, 36, 38, accusative of mountains Job 39:8 (see above), compare Participle as subject explores, spies Numbers 14:6 (all P); explore mentally, וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה לָדַעַת וְלָת׳ Ecclesiastes 7:25, compare Ecclesiastes 9:1 Gr (ת׳ for בוּר which see), בְּחָכְמָה עַלֿ לָת׳ Ecclesiastes 1:13 (KueOnd. 2, iii. 196).
3. go about, figurative אַהֲרִי לְבַבְכֶם Numbers 15:39 (P); Participle אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים 1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14, usually merchants (|| סֹחֲרִים רִכְּ לִים); Kit, after Syriac Version 2 Chronicles, proposes הֶעָרִים for הַתָּרִים.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיָּתִ֫ירוּ בְּבֵיתאֵֿל Judges 1:23 they made a reconnoisance at Bethel (Vrss disagree, Gie וַיַּחֲנוּ, compare GFM); 3rd person masculine singular יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק Proverbs 12:26 the righteous searches out (RV is a guide to) his friend, Targum AV is more excellent than (reading יָתָר), Hi Ew De and others spies out his pasture (מִרְעֵהוּ, in spiritual sense), all dubious; Toy conjectures יָסֻר מֵרָעָה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

10:33; 10:33; 13:2; 13:2; 13:16; 13:17; 13:21; 13:21; 13:23; 13:32; 13:32; 14:6; 14:6; 14:7; 14:24; 14:34; 14:36; 14:38; 15:39; 15:39

Deuteronomy

1:33

Judges

1:23

1 Kings

10:15; 10:15

2 Chronicles

9:14; 9:14

Job

39:8; 39:8

Proverbs

12:26

Ecclesiastes

1:13; 2:3; 2:3; 7:25; 9:1

Ezekiel

20:6; 20:6

H8446

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Strong's Number H8446 matches the Hebrew תּוּר (tûr),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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So they moved H5265 on H5265 from the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068 three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870, with the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 going H5265 on H5265 in front H6440 of them for the [fn]three H7969 days H3117, to seek H8446 out H8446 a resting H4496 place H4496 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - “Send H7971 out H7971 men H376 for yourself to spy H8446 out H8446 the land H776 of Canaan H3667, which H834 I am going to give H5414 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; you shall send H7971 a man H376 from each H376 H259 of their fathers’ H1 tribes H4294, every H3605 one H3605 a leader H5387 among them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:16 - These H428 are the names H8034 of the men H376 whom H834 Moses H4872 sent H7971 to spy H8446 out H8446 the land H776; but Moses H4872 called H7121 Hoshea H1954 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, [fn]Joshua H3091.

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When Moses H4872 sent H7971 them to spy H8446 out H8446 the land H776 of Canaan H3667, he said H559 to them, “Go H5927 up H5927 there H2088 into the [fn]Negev H5045; then go H5927 up H5927 into the hill H2022 country H2022.

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So they went H5927 up H5927 and spied H8446 out H8446 the land H776 from the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 as far H5704 as Rehob H7340, [fn]at Lebo-hamath H935.

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When they returned H7725 from spying H8446 out H8446 the land H776, at the end H7093 of forty H705 days H3117,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - So they brought H3318 a bad H1681 report H1681 of the land H776 which H834 they had spied H8446 out H8446 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “The land H776 through which H834 we have gone H5674 to spy H8446 out H8446 is a land H776 that devours H398 its inhabitants H3427; and all H3605 the people H5971 whom H834 we saw H7200 in it are people H376 of great stature H4060.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - And Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312, of those who had spied H8446 out H8446 the land H776, tore H7167 their clothes H899;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and they spoke H559 to all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “The land H776 which H834 we passed H5674 through to spy H8446 out H8446 is an exceedingly H3966 good H2896 land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34 - ‘In accordance with the number H4557 of days H3117 that you spied H8446 out H8446 the land H776, forty H705 days H3117, for every H3117 day H3117 you shall suffer H5375 the punishment H5771 for H5771 your [fn]guilt H5771 a year H8141, that is, forty H705 years H8141, and you will know H3045 My opposition H8569.

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As for the men H376 whom H834 Moses H4872 sent H7971 to spy H8446 out H8446 the land H776, and who returned H7725 and led all H3605 the congregation H5712 to grumble H3885 against H5921 him by bringing H3318 a bad H1681 report H1681 about H5921 the land H776,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 remained H2421 alive H2421 out of those H1992 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H8446 out H8446 the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - “It shall be a tassel H6734 for you [fn]to look H7200 at and remember H2142 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068, so that you will do H6213 them and not [fn]follow H8446 H310 your own heart H3824 and your own eyes H5869, [fn]which H834 led you to prostitute H2181 yourselves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - who goes H1980 before H6440 you on your way H1870, to seek H8446 out H8446 a place H4725 for you to make H2583 camp H2583, in the fire H784 by night H3915 to show H7200 you the way H1870 by which H834 you should go H1980, and in the cloud H6051 by day H3119.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - The house H1004 of Joseph H3130 had men spy H8446 out H8446 Bethel H1008 (the name H8034 of the city H5892 previously H6440 was Luz H3870).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - besides H905 H4480 that from the traders H376 H8446, and the [fn]wares H4536 of the merchants H7402 and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Arabs H6152 and the governors H6346 of the country H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides H905 H4480 what the traders H376 H8446 and merchants H5503 brought H935; and all H3605 the kings H4428 of Arabia H6152 and the governors H6346 of the country H776 brought H935 gold H2091 and silver H3701 to Solomon H8010.

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The righteous H6662 person H6662 is a guide H8446 to his neighbor H7453,

But the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 leads H8582 them astray H8582.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I set H5414 my [fn]mind H3820 to seek H1875 and explore H8446 by wisdom H2451 about H5921 everything H3605 that has been done H6213 under H8478 heaven H8064. It is a [fn]sorry H7451 task H6045 with which God H430 has given H5414 the sons H1121 of mankind H120 to be H6031 troubled H6031.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored H8446 with my [fn]mind H3820 how to refresh H4900 my body H1320 with wine H3196 while my [fn]mind H3820 was guiding H5090 me wisely H2451; and how to seize H270 foolishness H5531, until H5704 H834 I could see H7200 what H335 H2088 good H2896 there is for the sons H1121 of mankind H120 [fn]to do H6213 under H8478 heaven H8064 for the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of their lives H2416.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I [fn]directed H5437 my [fn]mind H3820 to know H3045 and to investigate H8446, and to seek H1245 wisdom H2451 and an explanation H2808, and to know H3045 the evil H7562 of foolishness H3689 and the foolishness H3689 of insanity H1947.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - on that day H3117 I swore H5375 H3027 to them, to bring H3318 them out H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 into a land H776 that I had [fn]selected H8446 for them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 the lands H776.
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