שׁוּר
shur · Shur
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7793 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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shur (שׁוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shur”.
A wilderness region between Canaan and Egypt.
How to say it
shur
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Genesis 16:7
The angel of YHWH found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
- Genesis 20:1
Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur, and he resided as an alien in Gerar.
- Genesis 25:18
They lived from Havilah to Shur, which is facing Egypt as you go toward Assyria. He settled facing all his brothers.
- Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
- 1 Samuel 15:7
Saul struck Amalek from Havilah as you come to Shur, which is opposite Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 27:8
David and his men would go up and raid the Geshurites, the Gizrites, and the Amalekites, for these inhabited the land from of old, as you go toward Shur and as far as the land of Egypt.