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Strong's H6865 צֹר (tsor)

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

Strong's Number H6865
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 39
Books 13

Strong's H6865 Quick Answer

Strong's H6865 צּוֹר צּוֹר (Tsor) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Tsor (tsore) (or Tsowr {tsore}) n/l. 1. a rock 2. Tsor, a place in Israel It has 39 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include tyre, tyrus, rock, and place. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Tsor (tsore) (or Tsowr {tsore}) n/l. 1. a rock 2. Tsor, a place in Israel
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
tyre, tyrus, rock, and place

Meaning and Definition

Tsor (tsore) (or Tsowr {tsore}) n/l. 1. a rock 2. Tsor, a place in Israel [the same as H6864] KJV: Tyre, Tyrus. Root(s): H6864

Original Word
צּוֹר צּוֹר
Transliteration
Tsor
Derivation
First root strongs: 6864
Morphology
Name/l.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6865. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6865 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Tsor, 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.

Tyre Joshua 19:29 19× Tyrus Jeremiah 25:22 18× place Hosea 9:13 rock Ezekiel 26:4

How Strong's H6865 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 39 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6865 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 H6865 in the Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Joshua 19:29 KJV

And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

2 Samuel 5:11 KJV

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

2 Samuel 24:7 KJV

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6865.

Joshua 19:29 Old Testament, KJV
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
2 Samuel 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
2 Samuel 24:7 Old Testament, KJV
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
1 Kings 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
1 Kings 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
1 Kings 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
1 Kings 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
1 Chronicles 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
2 Chronicles 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
2 Chronicles 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
Psalms 45:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Psalms 83:7 Old Testament, KJV
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Psalms 87:4 Old Testament, KJV
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
Isaiah 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Isaiah 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isaiah 23:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 25:22 Old Testament, KJV
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
Jeremiah 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
Jeremiah 47:4 Old Testament, KJV
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
Ezekiel 26:2 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel 26:3 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
Ezekiel 26:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Ezekiel 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Ezekiel 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Ezekiel 27:2 Old Testament, KJV
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
Ezekiel 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Ezekiel 27:8 Old Testament, KJV
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Ezekiel 27:32 Old Testament, KJV
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 28:2 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 29:18 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Hosea 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Joel 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Amos 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
Amos 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
Zechariah 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
Zechariah 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6865, grouped by book.

Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 12 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6865 FAQ

What does tsor (צֹר) mean?

Tsor (Strong's H6865) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Tyre". Tsor (tsore) (or Tsowr {tsore}) n/l. 1. a rock 2. Tsor, a place in Israel

How many times is tsor (צֹר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H6865 across 13 books.

Where can I study tsor (צֹר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6865 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tsor (צֹר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tyre, tyrus, rock, and place. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.