Hebrew word · H6698

צוּר

tzur

Zur

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.31.8

§ Zur = "rock"

1) father of Cozbi and one of the 5 Midianite princes who were slain when Balaam fell

2) son of Jehiel, the father or leader of Gibeon

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 2

  1. Numbers 25:15 צ֑וּר Zur

    And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

  2. Numbers 31:8 צ֤וּר Zur

    Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

    Here: Zur ('rock'). He is the father of Cozbi, the Midianite woman killed by Phinehas at Peor, and is described there as 'head of a father's house in Midian' (Num 25:15). His death ties this battle directly to the Peor incident.

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 13:21 צ֤וּר Zur

    all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:30 וְצ֥וּר and Zur

    and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:36 וְצ֣וּר and Zur

    Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

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