Lexical Definition

‎צוּר‎ tsûwr (tsoor) Rocks (of Goats) ^H:N-M
or צֻר tsur (tsoor); from ‎צוּר‎

edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also ‎בֵּית צוּר‎.

• properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed)
• generally, a rock or boulder
• figuratively, a refuge
• also an edge (as precipitous)

1) rock, cliff
1a) rocky wall, cliff
1b) rock (with flat surface)
1c) block of stone, boulder
1d) rock (specific)
1e) rock (of God)
1f) rock (of heathen gods) n pr dei
1g) Rock

See Greek: ἅγιον · βοηθός · θεός · κύριος · μέγας · ὄρος · πέτρα · στερεός · φύλαξ

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tur (‎טו‎ּ‎ר‎ "mountain" טוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎צוּר‎ noun masculine^{Job 29:6} rock, cliff; — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ absolute Exod 17:6 +, construct Deut 8:15 +; suffix ‎צוּרִי‎ 2Sam 22:3, etc.; plural ‎צֻרִים‎ Num 23:9 +, ‎צוּרוֺת‎ Job 28:10 construct ‎צוּרֵי‎ 1Sam 24:3* (Gi v.1Sam 24:2*); —

1. a. rocky wall, cliff, Exod 17:6 (twice in verse) (E), Deut 8:15 (‎הַחַלָּמִישׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎), Isa 48:21 (twice in verse); Ps 78:15; Ps 78:20; Ps 105:41; Ps 114:8 (|| ‎חַלָּמִישׁ‎); ‎׳‎‎בּוֺא בַצּ‎ Isa 2:10, ‎בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים‎ vIsa 2:19, ‎׳‎‎בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּ‎ vIsa 2:21, compare Exod 33:21; Exod 33:22 (JE); yielding honey (from its clefts) Ps 81:17* (compare Deut 32:13 Dy Perles^{Anal. 34} We read ‎צוּף‎); as look-out Num 23:9 (JE), home of goats 1Sam 24:3* (Gi v.1Sam 24:2*), snow-covered Jer 18:14 bearing (olives for) oil Deut 32:13 (‎׳‎‎חַלְמִישׁ צ‎), Job 29:6 resort of homeless Job 24:8, pierced by miners Job 28:10, compare perhaps ‎נְחָלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎שִׁית בְּצ‎ ‎אוֺפִיר‎ Job 22:24 deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most below ‎צֹר‎ pebble); as quarry, figurative of Abraham as ancestor of Israel Isa 51:1 place of security 1Chr 11:15, ‎הַמִּישׁוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Jer 21:13 (of city), figurative Ps 27:5; Ps 61:3* symbol of firmness Nah 1:6; Job 14:18; Job 18:4 enduring material Job 19:24.
b. rock with flat surface 2Sam 21:10; Prov 30:19.
c. block of stone, boulder Judg 6:21; Judg 13:19 (as altar); compare ‎צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל‎ Isa 8:14 (|| ‎נֶגֶף אֶבֶן‎).
d. rock with specific name, ‎עוֺרֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Judg 7:25; Isa 10:26.

2. a. figurative of God (33 t.) as support and defence of his people (often || ‎אֱלֹהִים‎, ‎׳‎‎י‎, etc.), ‎מָעֻזֵּךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 17:10, ‎מָעוֺז‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ps 31:3*, ‎עֻזִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ps 62:8*, ‎מָעוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎, Ps 71:3, ‎יְשֻׁעָתוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Deut 32:15 compare 2Sam 22:47b (but strike out, see || Ps 18:47*), Ps 89:27*; Ps 95:1, ‎וִישׁוּעָתִי‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ps 62:3*; Ps 62:7*, ‎מַחְסִי‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ps 94:22 ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 30:29; 2Sam 23:3 (personified), ‎צוּרִי‎ Ps 18:3*; Ps 18:47* = 2Sam 22:3; 2Sam 22:47a, >BIBLE:Psalm 19:15>; Ps 28:1; Ps 92:16*; Ps 144:1, ‎לְבָבִי‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ps 73:26, ‎צוּרֵנוּ‎ Deut 32:31, ‎צוּרָם‎ vDeut 32:30; Ps 78:35 with ‎בְּ‎ essent. ‎׳‎‎בְּיָהּ י‎ ‎עוֺלָמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 26:4 (compare Ps 62:8* see ‎ב‎ I. 7 c); as proper name, of deity (the Rock Deut 32:4; Deut 32:18 (‎יְלָֽדְךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎), vDeut 32:37; Hab 1:12, +(perhaps) Ps 75:6* (read ‎בַּצּוּד‎, see ‎צַוָּאר‎; see also ‎פְּדָהצוּר‎).
b. of a heathen god Deut 32:31, compare Isa 44:3, ‎מִי צוּר‎ ‎׳‎‎מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א‎ 2Sam 22:32 || Ps 18:32*, compare 1Sam 2:2. — See also ‎בֵּית צוּר‎ and ‎חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים‎. — Ps 89:44* see ‎צֹד‎ below III. ‎צרר‎, Ps 49:15* see ‎צוּרָה‎ below III. ‎צור‎. above

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