Strong H7793שׁוּר
Shur
- Transliteration
- shûr
- Pronunciation
- shoor
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
The same as H7791; {Shur} a region of the Desert: - Shur.
Meaning of the name
Shur = "wall"
Detailed definition
Shur was a wilderness area between Canaan and Egypt, mentioned in connection with Hagar (Gen. 16:7), Abraham (Gen. 20:1; 25:18), the Israelites' wanderings (Exod. 15:22), and Saul's battles (1 Sam. 15:7; 27:8).
In the biblical story
Shur
Wilderness area between Canaan and Egypt
Shur was a wilderness area between Canaan and Egypt, mentioned in connection with Hagar (Gen. 16:7), Abraham (Gen. 20:1; 25:18), the Israelites' wanderings (Exod. 15:22), and Saul's battles (1 Sam. 15:7; 27:8).
In the Bible
Strong H7793 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shur6
First verses
- Genesis 16:7And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Exodus 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- 1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.