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Lexicon :: Strong's H7793 - šûr

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שׁוּר
Transliteration
šûr
Pronunciation
shoor
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שׁוּר Shûwr, shoor; the same as H7791; Shur, a region of the Desert:—Shur.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H7793 in the following manner: Shur (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H7793 in the following manner: Shur (6x).

  1. Shur = "wall"

    1. a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea

      1. also 'wilderness of Etham'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוּר Shûwr, shoor; the same as H7791; Shur, a region of the Desert:—Shur.
STRONGS H7793: Abbreviations
† III. שׁוּר proper name, of a location southwest of Palestine, on east border of Egypt; — Genesis 16:7 (J; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳), Genesis 20:1 (E), towards Egypt Genesis 25:18 (J), 1 Samuel 15:7, שׁ֫וּרָה 1 Samuel 27:8; מִדְּבַּרשֿׁ׳ Exodus 15:22 (J). — Often supposed to denote properly the 'wall' or line of fortresses, built by Egyptian kings across isthmus of Suez; but dubious: compare DrHast. DB SHUR.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:7; 20:1; 25:18

Exodus

15:22

1 Samuel

15:7; 27:8

H7793

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7793 matches the Hebrew שׁוּר (šûr),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 - Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - (They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:8 - And David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites,[fn] and the Amalekites. For those nations were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as you go to Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.
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