Lexical Definition
זוּר zûwr (zoor) be a stranger H:V
a primitive root
(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).
- to turn aside (especially for lodging)
- hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane
- specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
1) to be strange, be a stranger
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become estranged
1a2) strange, another, stranger, foreigner, an enemy (participle)
1a3) loathsome (of breath) (participle)
1a4) strange woman, prostitute, harlot (meton)
1b) (Niphal) to be estranged
1c) (Hophal) to be a stranger, be one alienated
See Greek: ἀλλογενής · ἄλλος · ἀλλότριος · ἀπαλλοτριόω · ἀσεβής · γυνή · ἐγγίζω · πρόσφατος · σκορπίζω
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [זוּר] verb be a stranger (Arabic (medial
) incline toward, repair to, visit; II. honour as visitor or guest; IX. decline, turn aside;
visitor; Aramaic זוּר, often = Hebrew סוּר turn aside, turn aside to visit) —
Qal Perfect 3 plural זֹר֫וּ Ps 58:4* (Köi. 445), זָ֫רוּ Ps 78:30; Job 19:13 Participle זָר Exod 30:33 + 27 t.; feminine זָרָה Exod 30:9 + 7 t.; masculine plural זָרִים Hos 5:7 + 30 t.; feminine plural זָרוֺת Prov 22:14; Prov 23:33 = suffix זָרָ֑יִךְ Isa 29:5
1. Perfect become estranged Ps 58:4*, with מן from Job 19:13; Ps 78:30.
2. Participle as adjective strange, or as noun stranger:
a. to the family, of another household, אִישׁ זָר Deut 25:5, elsewhere זָר 1Kgs 3:18; Job 19:15; Prov 6:1; Prov 11:15; Prov 20:16; Prov 27:13 זָרִים Ps 109:11; Prov 5:10; Prov 5:17 בנים זרים, children of another household than God's Hos 5:7 especially of another family than priests' אִישׁ זָר Lev 22:12 (H) Num 17:5* (P); זָר Lev 22:10; Lev 22:13 (H) Exod 29:33; Exod 30:33; Num 3:10; Num 3:38; Num 18:7 (P); not belonging to the tribe of Levi, Num 1:51; Num 18:4 (P).
b. to the person, another Job 19:27; Prov 14:10; Prov 27:2 זָרָה (אִשָּׁה) strange woman, harlot Prov 2:16; Prov 5:3; Prov 5:20; Prov 7:5; Prov 22:14; Prov 23:33.
c. to the land, foreign, זָרִים foreigners (as such usually enemies) Hos 7:9; Hos 8:7; Isa 1:7 (twice in verse); Isa 25:2; Isa 25:5; Isa 29:5; Isa 61:5; Jer 5:19; Jer 30:8; Jer 51:2; Jer 51:51; Lam 5:2; Ezek 7:2; Ezek 11:9; Ezek 16:32; Ezek 28:7; Ezek 28:10; Ezek 30:12; Ezek 31:12; Joel 4:17*; Obad 1:11; Job 15:19; Ps 54:5* אֵל זָר foreign god Ps 44:21*; Ps 81:10* = זָר Isa 43:12 so זָרִים Deut 32:16 and (in figurative) Jer 2:25; Jer 3:13 מַיִם זָרִים foreign waters 2Kgs 19:24; Jer 18:14 זְמֹרַת זָר Isa 17:10 vine-slip of a stranger; כְּמוֺזָֿר נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ Hos 8:12 they are regarded as foreign; מַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָר Isa 28:21 his work is foreign (as if dealing with enemies).
d. strange to the law; קְטֹרֶת זָרָה strange incense Exod 30:9 (P); אֵשׁ זָרָה strange fire Lev 10:1; Num 3:4; Num 26:61(P). Niph`al Perfect נָז֫רֹוּ Isa 1:4; Ezek 14:5 be estranged Isa 1:4, pregnantly, followed by אָחוֺר (compare RV); מֵעַל Ezek 14:5. Hoph`al Participle מוּזָר estranged Ps 69:9*.
II. [זוּר, זִיר] verb be loathsome, Bö§ 1142 (Arabic fastidivit, abhorruit; Assyrian zâru, resist, Imperfect izîru, DlPr 65 SchrCOT Gloss); — only 3 feminine singular זָ֫רָה Job 19:17 רוּחִי זָ֫רָה לְאִשְׁתִּי my breath is loathsome to my wife (וְחַנֹּתִי לְ in || clause); > most, who derive from I. זוּר, become strange and so repugnant.
זָרָא noun [feminine] loathsome thing, עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מֵאַפְּכֶם וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְזָרָא Num 11:20 (JE) and it (the flesh) become to you a loathsome thing (ᵐ5 εἰς χολέραν, ᵑ9 in nauseam), probably error for זָרָה (⅏)
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Exodus | 29:33 · 30:9 · 30:33 |
| Leviticus | 10:1 · 22:10 · 22:12 · 22:13 |
| Numbers | 1:51 · 3:4 · 3:10 · 3:38 · 11:20 · 17:5* · 18:4 · 18:7 · 26:61 |
| Deuteronomy | 25:5 · 32:16 |
| 1 Kings | 3:18 |
| 2 Kings | 19:24 |
| Job | 15:19 · 19:13 · 19:15 · 19:17 · 19:27 |
| Psalms | 44:21* · 54:5* · 58:4* · 69:9* · 78:30 · 81:10* · 109:11 |
| Proverbs | 2:16 · 5:3 · 5:10 · 5:17 · 5:20 · 6:1 · 7:5 · 11:15 · 14:10 · 20:16 · 22:14 · 23:33 · 27:2 · 27:13 |
| Isaiah | 1:4 · 1:7 · 17:10 · 25:2 · 25:5 · 28:21 · 29:5 · 43:12 · 61:5 |
| Jeremiah | 2:25 · 3:13 · 5:19 · 18:14 · 30:8 · 51:2 · 51:51 |
| Lamentations | 5:2 |
| Ezekiel | 7:2 · 11:9 · 14:5 · 16:32 · 28:7 · 28:10 · 30:12 · 31:12 |
| Hosea | 5:7 · 7:9 · 8:7 · 8:12 |
| Joel | 4:17* |
| Obadiah | 1:11 |