Know the Word.

Hebrew word

tsûwr

tsoor

צוּר

What it means

to cramp, i.e. confine

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • besieged12
  • besiege6
  • siege3
  • distress2
  • bind2
  • fashioned1
  • fortify1
  • cast1

Every place it appears 34

Exodus32:4
Judges9:31
1 Samuel23:8
2 Samuel11:120:15
1 Chronicles20:1
2 Chronicles28:20
Esther8:11
Psalms139:5
Song of Solomon8:9
Isaiah21:229:3
Ezekiel4:35:3