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תּוּר H8446
H8446 is the Hebrew word תּוּר, transliterated tûwr and said toor. The King James Version most often renders it search.
What it means
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).
Verses using תּוּר
All 22 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 10:33 · KJV
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
Numbers 13:2 · KJV
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
Numbers 13:16 · KJV
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Numbers 13:17 · KJV
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
Numbers 13:21 · KJV
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
Numbers 13:25 · KJV
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
Numbers 13:32 · KJV
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
Numbers 14:6 · KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Numbers 14:7 · KJV
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
Numbers 14:34 · KJV
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Numbers 14:36 · KJV
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Numbers 14:38 · KJV
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Numbers 15:39 · KJV
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Deuteronomy 1:33 · KJV
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Judges 1:23 · KJV
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
1 Kings 10:15 · KJV
Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
2 Chronicles 9:14 · KJV
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Proverbs 12:26 · KJV
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Ecclesiastes 1:13 · KJV
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 · KJV
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 7:25 · KJV
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
Ezekiel 20:6 · KJV
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Common questions
What does Strong's H8446 mean?
H8446 is the Hebrew word תּוּר (tûwr), meaning to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring.
How is H8446 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it search (5 times), searched (4 times), search out (2 times), spy out (2 times), searching (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8446 appear in the Bible?
תּוּר (tûwr) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8446 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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