Strong H6698H6698Hצוּר
Zur
One of the 3 senses of Strong H6698
- Transliteration
- tsûr
- Pronunciation
- tsoor
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.31.8
Meaning of the name
Zur = "rock"
General definition
The same as H6697; rock;
{Tsur} the name of a Midianite and of an Israelite: - Zur.
{Tsur} the name of a Midianite and of an Israelite: - Zur.
In the biblical story
Zur
Midianite king defeated by Israel
Zur was one of five Midianite kings defeated by Israel during the conquest of Canaan.
In the Bible
Strong H6698H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zur2
First verses
- Numbers 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Joshua 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.