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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 1 / 2 (Exo 17:6–Psa 81:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, H2009 I will stand H5975 before H6440 you there H8033 on the rock H6697 at Horeb; H2722 and you shall strike H5221 the rock, H6697 and water H4325 will come H3318 out of it, that the people H5971 may drink.” H8354 And Moses H4872 did H6213 so H3651 in the sight H5869 of the elders H2205 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:21 - Then the LORD H3068 said, H559 “Behold, H2009 there is a place H4725 [fn]by Me, and you shall stand H5324 there on the rock; H6697

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:22 - and it will come H1961 about, while My glory H3519 is passing H5674 by, that I will put H7760 you in the cleft H5366 of the rock H6697 and cover H5526 you with My hand H3709 until H5704 I have passed H5674 by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - “As I see H7200 him from the top H7218 of the rocks, H6697
And I look H7789 at him from the hills; H1389
Behold, H2005 a people H5971 who dwells H7931 apart, H910
And will not be reckoned H2803 among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “He led H1980 you through the great H1419 and terrible H3372 wilderness, H4057 with its fiery H8314 serpents H8314 and scorpions H6137 and thirsty H6774 ground H6774 where H834 there H369 was no H369 water; H4325 He brought H3318 water H4325 for you out of the rock H6697 of flint. H2496

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - “The Rock! H6697 His work H6467 is perfect, H8549
For all H3605 His ways H1870 are [fn]just; H4941
A God H410 of faithfulness H530 and without H369 injustice, H5766
Righteous H6662 and upright H3477 is He.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - “He made him ride H7392 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth, H776
And he ate H398 the produce H8570 of the field; H7704
And He made him suck H3243 honey H1706 from the rock, H5553
And oil H8081 from the flinty H2496 rock, H6697

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But [fn]Jeshurun H3484 grew H8080 fat H8080 and kicked H1163—
You are grown H8080 fat, H8080 thick, H5666 and sleek H3780—
Then he forsook H5203 God H433 who made H6213 him,
And scorned H5034 the Rock H6697 of his salvation. H3444

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:18 - “You neglected H7876 the Rock H6697 who begot H3205 you,
And forgot H7911 the God H410 who gave H2342 you birth. H2342

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - “How H351 could one H259 chase H7291 a thousand, H505
And two H8147 put H5127 ten H7233 thousand H7233 to flight, H5127
Unless H518 H3808 H3588 their Rock H6697 had sold H4376 them,
And the LORD H3068 had given H5462 them up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:31 - “Indeed H3588 their rock H6697 is not like our Rock, H6697
Even our enemies H340 [fn]themselves judge H6414 this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - “And He will say, H559 ‘Where H335 are their gods, H430
The rock H6697 in which they sought H2620 refuge? H2620

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time H6256 the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua, H3091 “Make H6213 for yourself flint H6864 knives H2719 and circumcise H4135 again H7725 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 the second H8145 time.” H8145

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua H3091 made H6213 himself flint H6864 knives H2719 and circumcised H4135 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 at [fn]Gibeath-haaraloth. H1389 H6190

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 put H7971 out the end H7097 of the staff H4938 that was in his hand H3027 and touched H5060 the meat H1320 and the unleavened H4682 bread; H4682 and fire H784 sprang H5927 up from the rock H6697 and consumed H398 the meat H1320 and the unleavened H4682 bread. H4682 Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 [fn]vanished H1980 from his sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured H3920 the two H8147 leaders H8269 of Midian, H4080 Oreb H6159 and Zeeb, H2062 and they killed H2026 Oreb H6159 at the rock H6697 of Oreb, H6159 and they killed H2026 Zeeb H2062 at the wine H3342 press H3342 of Zeeb, H2062 while they pursued H7291 Midian; H4080 and they brought H935 the heads H7218 of Oreb H6159 and Zeeb H2062 to Gideon H1439 from across H5676 the Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah H4495 took H3947 the young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 with the grain offering H4503 and offered H5927 it on the rock H6697 to the LORD, H3068 and He performed H6213 wonders H6381 while Manoah H4495 and his wife H802 looked H7200 on.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:2 - “There H369 is no H369 one H369 holy H6918 like the LORD, H3068
Indeed, H3588 there H369 is no H369 one H369 besides H1115 You,
Nor H369 is there H369 any rock H6697 like our God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - Then Saul H7586 took H3947 three H7969 thousand H505 chosen H977 men H376 from all H3605 Israel H3478 and went H1980 to seek H1245 David H1732 and his men H376 in front H6440 of the Rocks H6697 of the Wild H3277 Goats. H3277

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it for herself on the rock, H6697 from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 [fn]it rained H5413 on them from the sky; H8064 and she [fn]allowed H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 to rest H5117 on them by day H3119 nor H3808 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 by night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - [fn]My God, H430 my rock, H6697 in whom I take H2620 refuge, H2620
My shield H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 my stronghold H4869 and my refuge; H4498
My savior, H3467 You save H3467 me from violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - “For who H4310 is God, H410 besides H1107 the LORD? H3068
And who H4310 is a rock, H6697 besides H1107 our God? H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 - “The LORD H3068 lives, H2416 and blessed H1288 be my rock; H6697
And exalted H7311 be [fn]God, H430 the rock H6697 of my salvation, H3468

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - “The God H430 of Israel H3478 said, H559
The Rock H6697 of Israel H3478 spoke H1696 to me,
‘He who rules H4910 over men H120 righteously, H6662
Who rules H4910 in the fear H3374 of God, H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Now three H7969 of the thirty H7970 chief H7218 men H7218 went H3381 down H3381 to the rock H6697 to David, H1732 into the cave H4631 of Adullam, H5725 while the army H4264 of the Philistines H6430 was camping H2583 in the valley H6010 of Rephaim. H7497

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:18 - “But the falling H5307 mountain H2022 [fn]crumbles H5034 away, H5034
And the rock H6697 moves H6275 from its place; H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - “O [fn]you who tear H2963 yourself H5315 in your anger H639—
For your sake H4616 is the earth H776 to be abandoned, H5800
Or the rock H6697 to be moved H6275 from its place? H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:24 - “That with an iron H1270 stylus H5842 and lead H5777
They were engraved H2672 in the rock H6697 forever! H5703

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:24 - And place H7896 your [fn]gold H1220 in the dust, H6083
And the gold of Ophir H211 among the stones H6697 of the brooks, H5158

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - “They are wet H7372 with the mountain H2022 rains H2230
And hug H2263 the rock H6697 for want H1097 of a shelter. H4268

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - “He hews H1234 out channels H2975 through the rocks, H6697
And his eye H5869 sees H7200 anything H3605 precious. H3366

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - When my steps H1978 were bathed H7364 in butter, H2529
And the rock H6697 poured H6694 out for me streams H6388 of oil! H8081

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD H3068 is my [fn]rock H5553 and my fortress H4686 and my deliverer, H6403
My God, H410 my rock, H6697 in whom I take H2620 refuge; H2620
My shield H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 my stronghold. H4869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:31 - For who H4310 is God, H433 but the LORD? H3068
And who H4310 is a rock, H6697 except H2108 our God, H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:46 - The LORD H3068 lives, H2416 and blessed H1288 be my rock; H6697
And exalted H7311 be the God H430 of my salvation, H3468

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - Let the words H561 of my mouth H6310 and the meditation H1902 of my heart H3820
Be acceptable H7522 in Your sight, H6440
O LORD, H3068 my rock H6697 and my Redeemer. H1350

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the day H3117 of trouble H7451 He will conceal H6845 me in His [fn]tabernacle; H5520
In the secret H5643 place H5643 of His tent H168 He will hide H5641 me;
He will lift H7311 me up on a rock. H6697

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To You, O LORD, H3068 I call; H7121
My rock, H6697 do not be deaf H2790 to me,
For if You are silent H2814 to me,
I will become H4911 like H4911 those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit. H953

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Incline H5186 Your ear H241 to me, rescue H5337 me quickly; H4120
Be to me a rock H6697 of [fn]strength, H4581
A stronghold H4686 to save H3467 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - As sheep H6629 they are appointed H8371 for [fn]Sheol; H7585
Death H4194 shall be their shepherd; H7462
And the upright H3477 shall rule H7287 over them in the morning, H1242
And their form H6736 shall be for [fn]Sheol H7585 to consume H1086
[fn]So H4480 that they have no H4480 habitation. H2073

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:2 - From the end H7097 of the earth H776 I call H7121 to You when my heart H3820 is faint; H5848
Lead H5148 me to the rock H6697 that is higher H7311 than H4480 I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - He only H389 is my rock H6697 and my salvation, H3444
My stronghold; H4869 I shall not be greatly H7227 shaken. H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:6 - He only H389 is my rock H6697 and my salvation, H3444
My stronghold; H4869 I shall not be shaken. H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 - On God H430 my salvation H3468 and my glory H3519 rest;
The rock H6697 of my strength, H5797 my refuge H4268 is in God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be to me a rock H6697 of habitation H4583 to which I may continually H8548 come; H935
You have given H6680 commandment H6680 to save H3467 me,
For You are my [fn]rock H5553 and my fortress. H4686

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:26 - My flesh H7607 and my heart H3824 may fail, H3615
But God H430 is the [fn]strength H6697 of my heart H3824 and my portion H2506 forever. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split H1234 the rocks H6697 in the wilderness H4057
And gave H8248 them abundant H7227 drink H8248 like the ocean H8415 depths. H8415

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - “Behold, H2005 He struck H5221 the rock H6697 so that waters H4325 gushed H2100 out,
And streams H5158 were overflowing; H7857
Can H3201 He give H5414 bread H3899 also? H1571
Will He provide H3559 [fn]meat H7607 for His people?” H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - And they remembered H2142 that God H430 was their rock, H6697
And the Most H5945 High H5945 God H410 their Redeemer. H1350

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:16 - “[fn]But I would feed H398 you with the [fn]finest H2459 of the wheat, H2406
And with honey H1706 from the rock H6697 I would satisfy H7646 you.”

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