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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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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - And they departed H5265 from the mount H2022 of the LORD H3068 three H7969 days' H3117 journey: H1870 and the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 went H5265 before them H6440 in the H1870➔ three H7969 days' H3117 journey, ➔H1870 to search out H8446 a resting place H4496 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - Send H7971 thou men, H376 that they may search H8446 the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 which H834 I H589 give H5414 unto the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 of every H376 tribe H4294 of their fathers H1 shall ye send H7971 a H259 man, H376 every one H3605 a ruler 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 which H834 Moses H4872 sent H7971 to spy out H8446 the land. H776 And H7121➔ Moses H4872 called ➔H7121 Oshea H1954 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 Jehoshua. H3091

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:17 - And H7971➔ Moses H4872 sent ➔H7971 them H853 to spy out H8446 the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 and said H559 unto them, H413 Get you up H5927 this H2088 way southward, H5045 and go up H5927 into the mountain: H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21 - So they went up, H5927 and searched H8446 the land H776 from the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 unto H5704 Rehob, H7340 as men come H935 to Hamath. H2574

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:25 - And they returned H7725 from searching H8446 of the land H776 after H7093 forty H705 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - And they brought up H3318 an evil report H1681 of the land H776 which H834 they had searched H8446 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 The land, H776 through which H834 we have gone H5674 to search H8446 it, H853 is a land H776 that eateth up H398 the inhabitants thereof; H3427 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 we saw H7200 in it H8432 are men H376 of a 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 which were of H4480 them that searched H8446 the land, H776 rent H7167 their clothes: H899

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - And they spake H559 unto H413 all H3605 the company H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 The land, H776 which H834 we passed H5674 through to search H8446 it, H853 is an H776➔ exceeding H3966 H3966 good H2896 land. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34 - After the number H4557 of the days H3117 in which H834 ye searched H8446 the land, H776 even forty H705 days, H3117 each day H3117 for a year, H8141 shall ye bear H5375 your iniquities, H5771 even forty H705 years, H8141 and ye shall know H3045 my breach of promise. H8569

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36 - And the men, H376 which H834 Moses H4872 sent H7971 to search H8446 the land, H776 who returned, H7725 and made H3885➔ all H3605 the congregation H5712 to murmur ➔H3885 against him, H5921 by bringing up H3318 a slander H1681 upon 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 which were of H4480 the men H376 H1992 that went H1980 to search H8446 the land, H776 lived H2421 still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - And it shall be H1961 unto you for a fringe, H6734 that ye may look upon H7200 it, H853 and remember H2142 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD, H3068 and do H6213 them; H853 and H3808➔ that ye seek H8446 not ➔H3808 after H310 your own heart H3824 and H310 your own eyes, H5869 after H310 which H834 ye H859 use to go a whoring: H2181

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - Who went H1980 in the way H1870 before you, H6440 to search H8446➔ you out ➔ H8446 a place H4725 to pitch your tents H2583 in, in fire H784 by night, H3915 to shew you H7200 by what way H1870 ye should go, H3212 and in a cloud H6051 by day. H3119

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - And H8446➔ the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 sent to descry ➔ H8446 Bethel. H1008 H1008 (Now the name H8034 of the city H5892 before H6440 was Luz.) H3870

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - Beside H905 that he had of the merchantmen, H376 H8446 and of the traffick H4536 of the spice merchants, H7402 and of all H3605 the H6152➔ kings H4428 of Arabia, ➔H6152 and of the governors H6346 of the country. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - Beside H905 that which chapmen H376 H8446 and merchants H5503 brought. H935 And all H3605 the kings H4428 of Arabia H6152 and governors H6346 of the country H776 brought H935 gold H2091 and silver H3701 to Solomon. H8010

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous H6662 is more excellent H8446 than his neighbour: H7453 but the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 seduceth them. H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I gave H5414 my heart H3820 to seek H1875 and search out H8446 by wisdom H2451 concerning H5921 all H3605 things that H834 are done H6213 under H8478 heaven: H8064 this H1931 sore H7451 travail H6045 hath H5414➔ God H430 given ➔H5414 to the sons H1121 of man H120 to be exercised H6031 therewith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I sought H8446 in mine heart H3820 to give H4900 myself H1320 unto wine, H3196 yet H3820➔ acquainting H5090 mine heart ➔H3820 with wisdom; H2451 and to lay hold H270 on folly, H5531 till H5704 I might see H7200 what H335 was that H2088 good H2896 for the sons H1121 of men, H120 which H834 they should do H6213 under H8478 the heaven H8064 all H4557 the days H3117 of their life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I H589 applied H5437 mine heart H3820 to know, H3045 and to search, H8446 and to seek out H1245 wisdom, H2451 and the reason H2808 of things, and to know H3045 the wickedness H7562 of folly, H3689 even of foolishness H5531 and madness: H1947

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - In the day H3117 that I lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 unto them, to bring them forth H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 into H413 a land H776 that H834 I had espied H8446 for them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 which is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands: H776
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