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Signpost

תַּמְרוּרStrong’s H8564

tamrur (tam-rur)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Tamrur is the Hebrew word usually translated “guideposts”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.”
Jeremiah 31:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. Guideposts, markers, signposts, high heapmeaning doubtful
How it's translated
  • guideposts 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    תַּמְרוּר tamrur · signpost

    1) guideposts, markers, signposts, high heap 1a) meaning doubtful

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “signpost” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SIGN-POST, noun

    A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of any thing. By the laws of some of the New England states, a sign-post is to be erected near the center of each town.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.