Lexical Definition

‎צוּר‎ Tsûwr (tsoor) Zur ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎צוּר‎; rock

Zur.

• § Zur = "rock"
• Tsur, the name of a Midianite and of an Israelite

1) father of Cozbi and one of the 5 Midianite princes who were slain when Balaam fell
2) son of Jehiel, the father or leader of Gibeon

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.25.15
• father of: Cozbi (כֹּזְבִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎צוּר‎ proper name, masculine Σουρ (Rock); —

1. a prince of Midian Num 25:15; Num 31:8; Josh 13:21.

2. Gibeon-ite 1Chr 8:30; 1Chr 9:36.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Father of Cozbi • Midianite leader killed by Phinehas

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Zur was a Midianite leader whose daughter was involved with an Israelite, resulting in a plague on Israel.

• A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.25.15;
• only referred to as Zur צוּר;
• father of Cozbi כֹּזְבִי.

Zur Zur was one of the five kings of Midian during the time of Moses. He is described as "head of the people of a father's house in Midian" (Numbers 25:15). When the Israelites began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab and Midian, one Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into the camp. Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, killed both the Israelite man and the Midianite woman, who was the daughter of Zur (Numbers 25:6-8,14-15). This act stopped a plague that had broken out among the Israelites as punishment for their sin.

All entries for Zur: צוּר

Related Profiles:

• Cozbi (child)