Zur
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Zur

stone; rock; that besieges

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Zur

(a rock).

  1. Father of Cozbi, (Numbers 25:15) and one of the five princes of Midian who were slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell. (Numbers 31:8) (B.C. 1451.)
  2. Son of Jehiel, the founder of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36), (B.C. after 1445.)
ATS Bible Dictionary
Zur

A Midianitish prince, whose daughter was slain by Phinehas, Numbers 25:15-18, and who was himself subsequently slain in war with the Israelites, Joshua 13:21.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Rock.

(1.) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites defeated and put to death (Numbers 31:8).

(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:30).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ZUR

zur (tsur "rock"):

(1) A prince or chief (Numbers 25:15; Numbers 31:8) of Midian, father of the woman slain with Zimri by Phinehas. Joshua 13:21 describes him as one of the princes of Sihon, but the reference there is regarded as a gloss.

(2) An inhabitant of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:36), to be connected probably, according to Curtis, with "Zeror" of 1 Samuel 9:1.

Strong's Hebrew
2115. zur -- to press down and out
... 2114b, 2115. zur. 2116 . to press down and out. Transliteration: zur Phonetic
Spelling: (zoor) Short Definition: crush. ... 2114b, 2115. zur. 2116 . ...
/hebrew/2115.htm - 6k

2114a. zur -- to be a stranger
... 2114, 2114a. zur. 2114b . to be a stranger. Transliteration: zur Short Definition:
strangers. Word Origin a prim. ... 2114, 2114a. zur. 2114b . Strong's Numbers
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2114b. zur -- to be loathsome
zur or zir. 2114a, 2114b. zur or zir. 2115 . to be loathsome. Transliteration:
zur or zir Short Definition: offensive. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6698. Tsur -- "rock," a Midianite, also a Gibeonite
... 6697, 6698. Tsur. 6699 . "rock," a Midianite, also a Gibeonite. Transliteration:
Tsur Phonetic Spelling: (tsoor) Short Definition: Zur. ... Zur. ...
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1049. Beth-tsur -- "house of a rock," a place in Judah
... Beth-tsur. 1050 . "house of a rock," a place in Judah. Transliteration: Beth-tsur
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth tsoor') Short Definition: Beth-zur. ... Beth-zur. ...
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2214. zara -- loathsome thing
... Short Definition: loathsome. Word Origin from zur Definition loathsome thing
NASB Word Usage loathsome (1). loathsome. From zuwr (in ...
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4205. mazor -- a wound
... Short Definition: wound. Word Origin from zur Definition a wound NASB Word
Usage sore (1), wound (2). bound up, wound. Or mazor {maw ...
/hebrew/4205.htm - 6k

2213. zer -- circlet, border
... Short Definition: molding. Word Origin from zur Definition circlet, border
NASB Word Usage border (2), molding (8). crown. From zarar ...
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2116. zureh -- trodden on
... 2115, 2116. zureh. 2117 . trodden on. Transliteration: zureh Phonetic Spelling:
(zoo-reh') Short Definition: on. Word Origin the same as zur, qv. trodden on ...
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2223. zarzir -- girded
... Short Definition: strutting. Word Origin from zur Definition girded NASB
Word Usage strutting* (1). greyhound. By reduplication from ...
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Library

The Bohemian Brethern and the Waldenses.
... Prag.1869 (new ed.). The same: Urkundliche Beitr??ge zur Geschichte des
Hussitenkrieges.1873, 2 vols. ... The same: Quellen zur Geschichte der B??hm. ...
/.../ 72 the bohemian brethern.htm

List of Authorities
... Testaments. Beyschlag: Die Christologie des Neuen Testaments. Beyschlag: Zur
Johanneischen Frage. ... B??hl: Forschungen nach einer Volks bibel zur Zeit Jesu. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/list of authorities.htm

Literature.
... transl. enlarged by Charteris: Canonicity, etc. Edinb., 1881); Credner (Zur Gesch.
des Kanon. ... Zahn (Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentl. ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 74 literature.htm

Vater Unser Im Himmelreich. Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above.
... 5. Gib uns beut unser taeglich Brot Und was man darf zur Leibes Noth; Behuet uns,
Herr, fuer Unfried, Streit, Fuer Seuchen und fuer theuer Zeit, Dass wir in ...
/.../bacon/the hymns of martin luther/xxxi vater unser im himmelreich.htm

Registrum Epistolarum.
... Colon.1618, 8?�. Ewald (P.), Studien zur Ausgabe des Registers Gregors I. (Neues
Archiv, iii., 1878, pp.433-625.). Hartmann (LM), Ueber zwei Gregorbriefe. ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/registrum epistolarum.htm

Judaism.
... P. Cassel: Israel in der Weltgeschichte. Berlin, 1865 (32 pp.). Joseph Langen (RC):
Das Judenthum in Pal??stina zur Zeit Christi. Freiburg i. B.1866. ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 9 judaism.htm

Easter Litany of the Moravian Church. AD 1749.
... blessings in heavenly places in Christ; Und hat uns t?�chtig gemacht zu dem Erbtheil
der Heiligen im Licht, da Er uns verordnet hat zur Kindschaft gegen ihn ...
/.../easter litany of the moravian.htm

Literature.
... Lips.1874 (inaugural dissert.). Ad. Harnack: Die Acta Archelai und das Diatessaron
Tatians, in Texte und Untersuchungen zur Gesch. der altchristl. Lit. vol. ...
/.../writings in connection with the manichaean controversy /chapter i name.htm

The Religious Revolution
... Denifle-Weiss, OP, /Luther und Luthertum in der ersten Entwicklung/, 1906-9. Weiss,
/Lutherpsychologie als Schlussel zur Lutherlegende/, 2 auf., 1906. ...
/.../chapter ii the religious revolution.htm

General Bibliographical Note
... C. Mirbt, Quellen zur Geschichte des Papsttums und des roemischen
Katholizismus, third edition, Tuebingen, 1911. Cited as Mirbt. ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/general bibliographical note.htm

Thesaurus
Zur (9 Occurrences)
...ZUR. zur (tsur "rock"): (1) A prince or chief (Numbers 25:15; Numbers 31:8) of Midian,
father of the woman slain with Zimri by Phinehas. ...Zur (9 Occurrences). ...
/z/zur.htm - 10k

Beth-zur (4 Occurrences)
Beth-zur. Bethzur, Beth-zur. Betimes . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BETH-ZUR. beth'-zur (beth-tsur; Baith-sour, "house ...
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Eli'zur (5 Occurrences)
Eli'zur. Elizur, Eli'zur. Elkanah . Multi-Version Concordance
Eli'zur (5 Occurrences). Numbers 1:5 And these are the ...
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Pedah'zur (5 Occurrences)
Pedah'zur. Pedahzur, Pedah'zur. Pedaiah . Multi-Version Concordance
Pedah'zur (5 Occurrences). Numbers 1:10 Of the children ...
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Bethzur (4 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BETH-ZUR. beth'-zur (beth-tsur;
Baith-sour, "house of rock"; less probably "house of the god Zur...
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Mid'ian (47 Occurrences)
... Numbers 25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. ...
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Elizur (5 Occurrences)
... e-li'-zur ('elitsur; Septuagint Eleiour, Elisour, "My God is a rock"; compare Zuriel
"my rock is God" (Numbers 3:35)): A chief or prince of the tribe of Reuben ...
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Pedahzur (5 Occurrences)
... pe-da'zur (pedhahtsur): Mentioned in Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 7:54, 59;
10:23 as the father of Gamaliel, head of the tribe of Manasseh, at the time ...
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Nadab (21 Occurrences)
... The word rendered "strange" seems in this connection to mean no more than "unauthorized
by the Law" (see zur, in BDB, and compare Exodus 30:9). The proximity ...
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Zuriel (1 Occurrence)
... 320), and bartsur, in a Zinjirli inscription of the 8th century BC (Panammu Inscr.,
1. 1), and that possibly the Old Testament place-name "Beth-zur" should be ...
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Concordance
Zur (9 Occurrences)

Numbers 25:15
The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 31:8
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 13:21
all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 15:58
Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 2:45
The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 8:30
and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 9:36
and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 11:7
Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:16
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Zur

Zur: A Benjamite

Zur: A Prince of Midian

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Midianitess (3 Occurrences)

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Heroes (8 Occurrences)

Graves (37 Occurrences)

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First-born (110 Occurrences)

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