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צוּר H6696

H6696 is the Hebrew word צוּר, transliterated tsûwr and said tsoor. The King James Version most often renders it besieged.

Word: צוּרTransliteration: tsûwrSaid: tsoorLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 34 verses

What it means

to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

besieged 11×besiege 6×distress 2×lay siege 2×fashioned 1×bind up 1×behold they fortify 1×cast 1×laid siege 1×bound 1×behold they besieged 1×put up in bags 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

Verses using צוּר

All 34 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 32:4 · KJV

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 2:9 · KJV

And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deuteronomy 2:19 · KJV

And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deuteronomy 14:25 · KJV

Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

Deuteronomy 20:19 · KJV

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

Judges 9:31 · KJV

And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.

1 Samuel 23:8 · KJV

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

2 Samuel 11:1 · KJV

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:15 · KJV

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

1 Kings 7:15 · KJV

For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

1 Kings 15:27 · KJV

And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

1 Kings 16:17 · KJV

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

1 Kings 20:1 · KJV

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

2 Kings 5:23 · KJV

And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

2 Kings 6:24 · KJV

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

2 Kings 6:25 · KJV

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 12:10 · KJV

And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 16:5 · KJV

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

2 Kings 17:5 · KJV

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

2 Kings 18:9 · KJV

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

2 Kings 24:11 · KJV

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

1 Chronicles 20:1 · KJV

And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

2 Chronicles 28:20 · KJV

And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Esther 8:11 · KJV

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Psalm 139:5 · KJV

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Song of Solomon 8:9 · KJV

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Isaiah 21:2 · KJV

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isaiah 29:3 · KJV

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

Jeremiah 21:4 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Jeremiah 21:9 · KJV

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

Jeremiah 32:2 · KJV

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

Jeremiah 37:5 · KJV

Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 4:3 · KJV

Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 5:3 · KJV

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6696 mean?

H6696 is the Hebrew word צוּר (tsûwr), meaning to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile).

How is H6696 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it besieged (11 times), besiege (6 times), distress (2 times), lay siege (2 times), fashioned (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6696 appear in the Bible?

צוּר (tsûwr) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6696 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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