Strong H6696H6696Bצוּר

to provoke

One of the 3 senses of Strong H6696

Transliteration: tsûr
Pronunciation: tsoor
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to provoke

Exact lexical definition: shew hostility to

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ צוּר ] vb . shew hostility to , treat as foe

General definition

A primitive root; to {cramp} that {is} confine (in many {applications} literally and {figuratively} formative or hostile): - {adversary} {assault} {beset} {besiege} bind ({up}) {cast} {distress} {fashion} {fortify} {inclose} lay {siege} put up in bags.

In the Bible

Strong H6696B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

distress2
adversary1
assault1

First verses

Exodus 23:22
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Deuteronomy 2:9
And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:19
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Esther 8:11
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

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