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צוּר H6697
H6697 is the Hebrew word צוּר, transliterated tsûwr and said tsoor. The King James Version most often renders it rock.
What it means
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous).
Where it comes from
or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 69 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).
Verses using צוּר
The first 40 of 70 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 17:6 · KJV
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus 33:22 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Numbers 23:9 · KJV
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Deuteronomy 8:15 · KJV
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Deuteronomy 32:4 · KJV
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Deuteronomy 32:15 · KJV
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy 32:18 · KJV
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Deuteronomy 32:30 · KJV
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Deuteronomy 32:31 · KJV
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Deuteronomy 32:37 · KJV
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Joshua 5:2 · KJV
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
Joshua 5:3 · KJV
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Judges 6:21 · KJV
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Judges 7:25 · KJV
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Judges 13:19 · KJV
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
1 Samuel 2:2 · KJV
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
1 Samuel 24:2 · KJV
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
2 Samuel 21:10 · KJV
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
2 Samuel 22:3 · KJV
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:32 · KJV
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
2 Samuel 22:47 · KJV
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2 Samuel 23:3 · KJV
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
1 Chronicles 11:15 · KJV
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
Job 14:18 · KJV
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Job 18:4 · KJV
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Job 19:24 · KJV
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Job 22:24 · KJV
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job 24:8 · KJV
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job 28:10 · KJV
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Job 29:6 · KJV
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Psalm 18:2 · KJV
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 18:31 · KJV
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Psalm 18:46 · KJV
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalm 19:14 · KJV
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 28:1 · KJV
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalm 31:2 · KJV
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalm 49:14 · KJV
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalm 61:2 · KJV
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalm 62:2 · KJV
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalm 62:6 · KJV
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6697 mean?
H6697 is the Hebrew word צוּר (tsûwr), meaning properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous).
How is H6697 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it rock (45 times), rocks (6 times), out of the rock (4 times), strength (4 times), sharp (2 times), among others.
How many times does H6697 appear in the Bible?
צוּר (tsûwr) is tagged in 70 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6697 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר).
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