Shur
שׁוּרStrong’s H7793shur
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shur is the Hebrew word usually translated “shur” and “shur towards”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”
Meaning
- § Shur = "wall"
How it's translated
- shur 5
- shur towards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- Exodus 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Exodus 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- 1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
Hebrew dictionary
שׁוּר shur · Shur
§ Shur = "wall" a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea also 'wilderness of Etham'
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.