Word Study · Strong's H7793 · Hebrew
שׁוּר
Shur
shoor
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shûwr
“Shur, a region of the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shur, a region of the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Shur.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- שׁ֑וּר2
- שׁ֗וּר1
- שׁ֔וּר1
- שֽׁוּר׃1
- שׁ֖וּרָה1
How it is rendered · 2
- Shur5
- Shur towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)5
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 5
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 16:7שֽׁוּר׃shurproper noun (a name)Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.here: Shur
- Genesis 20:1שׁ֑וּרshurproper noun (a name)Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,here: Shur
- Genesis 25:18שׁ֗וּרshurproper noun (a name)Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.here: Shur
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 15:7שׁ֔וּרshurproper noun (a name)Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.here: Shur
- 1 Samuel 27:8שׁ֖וּרָהshurahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)here: Shur towards
Same headword in Strong's
Hebrew words spelled שׁוּר
H7788 · 3×
שׁוּר
shur
“properly, to turn, i.e. travel about (as a harlot or a merchant)”
H7792 · 3×
שׁוּר
shur
“{a wall (as going about)}”
H7789 · 15×
שׁוּר
shur
“to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for”
H7790 · 1×
שׁוּר
shur
“a foe (as lying in wait)”
H7791 · 4×
שׁוּר
shur
“a wall (as going about)”