שׁוּר
shûwr · H7792 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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a wall
A stone structure surrounding a building, a collection of buildings or a town, providing protection and security and associated with insurmountable obstacles
ExamplesEzra 4:12 let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
Ezra 4:13 “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.
Ezra 4:16 “We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- כְּלַלfinish 2
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כְּלַלfinish 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- τεῖχος teîchos · G5038 · city wall
- Greek τεῖχος renders Hebrew שׁוּר in LXX contexts where both denote a constructed wall structure; the Hebrew term emphasizes the wall as a physical barrier or enclosure, while the Greek specifies the wall as formative of a house or city fortification.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Constructions001003002
- Ezra 4:12 recounts that “they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.”
- Enemies001001003002
- This Enemies code is inherited from the shared listing with שׁוּר (shûwr, H7790) (a distinct homograph meaning enemy); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested a constructed wall sense.
- Names of Locations003001010
- This Names of Locations code is inherited from the shared listing with שׁוּר (Shûwr, H7793) (the place name Shur); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested a constructed wall sense.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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