Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6697
צוּר
tsurtsoor
Rocks (of Goats)
78 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsûwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6697is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 39Old Testament books
- 54spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6697
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
The King James renders it: edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsur is rendered "Rocks (of Goats)". It stands 78 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.
- Twenty-six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- The Greek text spells it fifty-four different ways.
The first use
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus 17:6הַצּוּר֮
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a rock9
- rock my9
- the rock9
- rock of6
- rock5
- rock their3
- rocks3
- and a rock2
- and rock of2
- at rock of2
- flints2
- from rock of2
and 22 more, 78 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 78, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
54 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- צ֥וּר6
- צ֖וּר5
- צ֣וּר3
- צ֭וּרִי3
- בְּצוּר־2
- הַצּוּר֙2
- וְצ֥וּר2
- לְצ֣וּר2
- מִצּ֖וּר2
- צ֝֗וּר2
- צוּר־2
- צֽוּר׃2
and 42 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular14HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular10HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural5HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular4HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/R/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
Exodus
four uses
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- הַצּוּר֮hatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
- בַצּ֗וּרvatzurpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the rock
The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
- הַצּֽוּר׃hatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
- הַצּ֑וּרhatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
Numbers
one use
For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
- צֻרִים֙tzurimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rocks
Deuteronomy
nine uses
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- מִצּ֖וּרmitzurpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rock of
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- הַצּוּר֙hatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- צֽוּר׃tzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: rock
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- צ֥וּרtzurnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rock of
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- צ֥וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: rock
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- צוּרָ֣םtzuramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: rock their
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- כְצוּרֵ֖נוּkhetzurenupreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: like rock our
- צוּרָ֑םtzuramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: rock their
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
- צ֖וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: rock
Joshua
two uses
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
- צֻרִ֑יםtzurimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: flints
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
- צֻרִ֑יםtzurimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: flints
Judges
three uses
Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
- הַצּ֗וּרhatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
- בְּצוּר־betzur-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at rock of
Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
- הַצּ֖וּרhatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
1 Samuel
two uses
There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- צ֖וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
- צוּרֵ֥יtzureinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rocks of
2 Samuel
six uses
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- הַצּוּר֙hatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
- צוּרִ֖יtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- צ֖וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- צוּרִ֑יtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
- צ֥וּרtzurnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rock of
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
- צ֣וּרtzurnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rock of
1 Chronicles
one use
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- הַצֻּר֙hatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
Job
seven uses
But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
- וְ֝צ֗וּרvetzurconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a rock
You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- צ֝֗וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
- בַּצּ֥וּרbatzurpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the rock
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
- וּבְצ֖וּרuvetzurconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and among rock of
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
- צֽוּר׃tzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: rock
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
- בַּ֭צּוּרוֹתbatzurotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the rocks
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
- וְצ֥וּרvetzurconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a rock
Psalms
twenty-six uses
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- צ֭וּרִיtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- צ֝֗וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
- צוּרִ֑יtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- צוּרִ֥יtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- בְּ֝צ֗וּרbetzurpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: on a rock
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- צוּרִי֮tzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: O rock my
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
- לְֽצוּר־letzur-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a rock of
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- וְ֭צוּרָםvetzuromconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and form their
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- בְּצוּר־betzur-preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: on a rock
He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- צ֭וּרִיtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- צ֭וּרִיtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- צוּר־tzur-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rock of
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
- לְצ֥וּרletzurpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a rock
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- צוּר־tzur-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rock of
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
- צֻ֭רִיםtzurimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rocks
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
- צ֨וּר׀tzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
- צוּרָ֑םtzuramnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: rock their
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- וּ֝מִצּ֗וּרumitzurconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from a rock
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
- וְצ֣וּרvetzurconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and rock of
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
- צ֣וּרtzurverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: flint of
to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
- צ֝וּרִ֗יtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
- לְצ֣וּרletzurpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into rock of
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
- לְצ֣וּרletzurpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to rock of
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- צ֭וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
- הַצּ֣וּרhatzurthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rock
Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- צוּרִ֗יtzurinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rock my
Proverbs
one use
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
- צ֥וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
Isaiah
twelve uses
Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
- בַצּ֔וּרvatzurpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the rock
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- צֻרִ֔יםtzurimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rocks
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- הַצֻּרִ֔יםhatzurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the rocks
And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- וּלְצ֨וּרuletzurconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and into a rock of
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
- בְּצ֣וּרbetzurpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at rock of
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- וְצ֥וּרvetzurconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and rock of
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- צ֖וּרtzurnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a rock of
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
- צ֥וּרtzurnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rock of
Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- צ֖וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
- מִצּ֖וּרmitzurpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a rock
- צ֔וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a rock
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
- צ֣וּרtzurnoun · masculine singulartagged: rock
Jeremiah
two uses
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
- מִצּ֛וּרmitzurpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rock of
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- צ֥וּרtzurnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O rock of
Nahum
one use
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- וְהַצֻּרִ֖יםvehatzurimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the rocks
Habakkuk
one use
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
- וְצ֖וּרvetzurconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and O rock
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