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Strong's H6696 צוּר (tsur)

Tsur means “cramp” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6696
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 36
Books 16

Strong's H6696 Quick Answer

Strong's H6696 צּוּר (tsuwr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tsuwr (tsoor) v. 1. to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) [a primitive root] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include besiege, bind, adversary, assault, and beset. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tsuwr (tsoor) v. 1. to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) [a primitive root]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
besiege, bind, adversary, assault, and beset

Meaning and Definition

tsuwr (tsoor) v. 1. to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) [a primitive root] KJV: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

Original Word
צּוּר
Transliteration
tsuwr
Derivation
Root: צור
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6696. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to confine

Usage: 1) to bind, besiege, confine, cramp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to confine, secure 1a2) to shut in, beseige 1a3) to shut up, enclose

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How Strong's H6696 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tsuwr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

besiege Deuteronomy 20:12 bind Deuteronomy 14:25 adversary Exodus 23:22 assault Esther 8:11 beset Psalms 139:5

How Strong's H6696 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 36 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6696 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6696 in the Old Testament

36 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 23:22 KJV

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Deuteronomy 2:9 KJV

And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deuteronomy 2:19 KJV

And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6696.

Exodus 23:22 Old Testament, KJV
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Deuteronomy 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
Deuteronomy 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Judges 9:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
1 Samuel 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
2 Samuel 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 20:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
1 Kings 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
1 Kings 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
1 Kings 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
1 Kings 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
2 Kings 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings 6:25 Old Testament, KJV
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
2 Kings 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
2 Kings 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2 Kings 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
1 Chronicles 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 Chronicles 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
Esther 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Psalms 139:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Song of Solomon 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Isaiah 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isaiah 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Jeremiah 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
Jeremiah 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Jeremiah 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Jeremiah 37:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Ezekiel 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Daniel 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6696, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6696 FAQ

What does tsur (צוּר) mean?

Tsur (Strong's H6696) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cramp". tsuwr (tsoor) v. 1. to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) [a primitive root]

How many times is tsur (צוּר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's H6696 across 16 books.

Where can I study tsur (צוּר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6696 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tsur (צוּר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as besiege, bind, adversary, assault, and beset. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.