צוּר
tsûwr · H6696 · Hebrew · 38 occurrences
Meanings
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to board up
Causative action by which humans attach one or more objects to another object that contains an opening in order to block entry and/or exit
ExamplesSong of Solomon 8:9 “If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”
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to besiege, to lay siege, to attack
Action by which a group of humans gather around a town with an army and surround it with the purpose of forcing it to surrender by cutting off all supplies, or by attacking it directly with the help of siege-works
ExamplesDeuteronomy 20:12 “However, if it does not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.
Deuteronomy 20:19 “When you besiege a city for a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, so you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a human, that it should be besieged by you?
1 Samuel 23:8 So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
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to tie up, to wrap up
Causative action by which humans tie together small objects in a bag or piece of cloth for ease of carrying
Examples2 Kings 12:10 When they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest went up and tied it up in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 5:3 “Take also a few hairs in number from them and bind them in the hems of your robes.
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to hedge in, to guard, to protect
Causative action by which deities keep humans safe by surrounding them on all sides
ExamplesPsalm 139:5 You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.
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to show hostility to, to attack, to harass
Action by which humans treat other humans with hostility
ExamplesDeuteronomy 2:9 “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Do not attack Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’
Deuteronomy 2:19 ‘When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not attack them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’
Esther 8:11 In the letters the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, kill, and eliminate the entire army of any people or province which was going to attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoils,
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to cast
Causative action by which humans produce an object by pouring molten gold, silver, or bronze into a mould in the shape of that object and letting it cool off
Examples1 Kings 7:15 He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
37 occurrences in 12 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 9
- Not stated: he, she or it 9
- Not stated: they 6
- Not stated (participle) 5
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
13 occurrences in 11 groups
- הֶםthem 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
27 occurrences in 20 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ הָher 9
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (22) 22
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אָזat that time 1
- אַלnot, do not 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- סָגַר çâgar · H5462 · to shut, to close
- Both lexemes denote acts of enclosing/confining/shutting, making them plausible near-synonyms in sense. סָגַר (çâgar, H5462) centers on shutting/closing/delivering up; צוּר (tsûwr, H6696) emphasizes siege/besetting/binding up.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Close002001001012
- This domain's connection to צוּר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of treating as an adversary or fashioning an object rather than closing something.
- Gather002003002013
- This domain's connection to צוּר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of treating as an adversary or fashioning an object rather than gathering.
- Safe002003003019
- This domain's connection to צוּר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of treating as an adversary rather than deliverance.
- Hate002001002014
- צוּר means to treat as an adversary or enemy, as of the LORD becoming an adversary to Israel's adversaries in Exodus 23:22, and Israel commanded not to treat Moab or Ammon as a foe in Deuteronomy 2:9 and 2:19.
- Exist002002002005
- This domain's connection to צוּר is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of treating as an adversary or fashioning an object rather than existence.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6696. tsuwr II. צוּר verb confine, bind, besiege (Late Hebrew id., wrap (rare); Aramaic…
II. צוּר verb confine, bind, besiege (Late Hebrew id., wrap (rare); Aramaic צוּר besiege, beleaguer); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singularוְצַרְתָּ֫ Deu 14:25, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיָּ֫צַר 1Ki 20:1 +, 2 masculine singular תָּצוּר Deu 20:19, etc.; Imperative feminine singular צוּרִ֫י Isa 21:2 (after עֲלִי Köi. 444, compare Ges§ 72s); Infinitive construct לָצוּר 1Sa 23:8; Participle plural צָרִים 1Ki 15:27 +; —
1 confine, secure (|| I. צרר), accusative of thing + ב of receptacle Deu 14:25; 2Ki 5:23; Eze 5:3; complem. omitted 2Ki 12:11.
2 shut in, besiege, with עַל of city 2Sa 11:1; 1Ki 15:27; 1Ki 16:17; 1Ki 20:1; 2Ki 6:24-25, 2Ki 17:5; 2Ki 18:9; 2Ki 24:11; Isa 29:3 (+ accusative of siege-works), Jer 32:2; Jer 37:5; Jer 39:9; Deu 20:12; Eze 4:3; Dan 1:1; with עַל person (within city) 2Sa 20:15; 2Ki 16:5; Jer 21:4, Jer 21:9; with אֶל of city (for עַל) Deu 20:19; with אֶל person 1Sa 23:8; with אֵת of city only 1Ch 20:1 (|| 2Sa 11:1 above); absolute Isa 21:2. — עָלֶיךָ אֶתהָֿעִיר צָרִים הִנָּם Jdg 9:31 is corrupt; FrankenbRichterbuch 28 Bu GFMHpt Now מְעִרִים inciting against.
3 shut up, enclose: אָ֑רֶז לוּחַ עָלֶיהָ נָצוּר Son 8:9 (על of maid [under figure of door] + accusative mater., compare Isa 29:3 above); with suffix person Psa 139:5 (figurative, ׳י subject).
III. [צוּר] verb shew hostility to, treat as foe (with accusative of person) (akin to II. צרר, to which SS assign the forms, but compare Arabic act unjustly, also defraud; Syriac , rival wife); —
Qal Perfect1singular אֶתצֹֿרֲרֶיךָ וְצַרְתִּ֫י Exo 23:22 (subject ׳י; || אֶתאֹֿיְבֶיךָ וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י); Imperfect2masculine singular אֶתמֿוֺאָב אַלתָּֿ֫צַר Deu 2:9; Deu 2:2masculine plural suffix אַלתְּֿצֻרֵם Deu 2:19; Participle אוֺתָם הַצָּרִים Est 8:11.
IV. [צוּר] verb fashion, delineate (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic צוּר, , ; picture, Sabean צור, plural צורת HomChrest.125 MordtmHim. Inschr. 14.15; Arabic is loan-word according to Frä272); — Perfect2masculine singular וְצַרְתָּ֫ Eze 43:11 (for צוּרַת ᵑ0) according to ᵐ5. We Sm Co Toy Berthol Krae, and thou shalt delineate the house (compare הַגֵּד Eze 43:10, וּכְתֹב הוֺדַע Eze 43:11); Imperfect3masculine singular בַּחֶרֶט אֹתוֺ וַיָּ֫צַר Exo 32:4 (E) and fashioned it [the gold] with a graving-tool; הָֹעַמּוּדִים אֶתשְֿׁנֵי וַיָּ֫צַר 1Ki 7:15 (+ accusative mater.), read וַיִּצֹּק (יצק), so ᵐ5 SS Kit Benz compare Th; 1 singular suffix אצורך Jer 1:5 Kt, see יצר
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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