Strong H6865צֹר

Tyre

Transliteration
tsôr tsôr
Pronunciation
{tsore} tsore
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

The same as H6864; a rock;
{Tsor} a place in Palestine: - {Tyre} Tyrus.

Meaning of the name

Tyre or Tyrus = "a rock"

Detailed definition

Tyre, a prominent Phoenician port city, known for its wealth, trade, and craftsmanship, often mentioned in the context of judgment and prophecy (Josh. 19:29; 2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kgs. 5:1; Isa. 23:1-17; Ezek. 26-28; Matt. 11:21-22; Acts 12:20).

In the biblical story

Tyre

A major Phoenician port city, known for its trade

Tyre, a prominent Phoenician port city, known for its wealth, trade, and craftsmanship, often mentioned in the context of judgment and prophecy (Josh. 19:29; 2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kgs. 5:1; Isa. 23:1-17; Ezek. 26-28; Matt. 11:21-22; Acts 12:20).

In the Bible

Strong H6865 appears in 39 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tyrus20
  • tyre19

First verses

  1. Joshua 19:29
    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
  2. 2 Samuel 5:11
    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
  3. 2 Samuel 24:7
    And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.
  4. 1 Kings 5:1
    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
  5. 1 Kings 7:13
    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
  6. 1 Kings 9:11
    (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
  7. 1 Kings 9:12
    And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
  8. 1 Chronicles 14:1
    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
  9. 2 Chronicles 2:3
    And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
  10. 2 Chronicles 2:11
    Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
  11. Psalms 45:12
    And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
  12. Psalms 83:7
    Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
  13. Psalms 87:4
    I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
  14. Isaiah 23:1
    The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
  15. Isaiah 23:5
    As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
  16. Isaiah 23:8
    Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
  17. Isaiah 23:15
    And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
  18. Isaiah 23:17
    And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
  19. Jeremiah 25:22
    And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
  20. Jeremiah 27:3
    And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
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