צוּר

Strong’s Definition

to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to bind, besiege, confine, cramp
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe
• 4.(qal) to form, fashion, delineate

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: tsûwr; Pronunciation: tsoor