Strong's H6697 · Hebrew
צוּר
tsûwr · /tsoor/
Definition
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV: edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).
Root / derivation: or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered צוּר across 74 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
74 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus3 verses
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus 33:21And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exodus 33:22And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Deuteronomy8 verses
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Deuteronomy 32:37And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Joshua2 verses
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. sharp: or, knives of flints
Joshua 5:3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. sharp: or, knives of flints the hill: or, Gibeah-haaraloth
Judges3 verses
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Judges 7:25And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Judges 13:19So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
1 Samuel2 verses
2 Samuel5 verses
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
2 Samuel 22:3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:32For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
2 Samuel 22:47The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. He: or, Be thou ruler, etc
Job7 verses
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. cometh: Heb. fadeth
Job 18:4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? himself: Heb. his soul
Job 19:24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. as dust: or, on the dust
Job 24:8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job 28:10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; me: Heb. with me
Psalms26 verses
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. my strength: Heb. my rock
Psalms 18:31For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Psalms 18:46The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. strength: Heb. rock
Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. to me: Heb. from me
Psalms 31:2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. my: Heb. to me for a rock of strength
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. beauty: or, strength in the grave from: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them
Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. defence: Heb. high place
Psalms 62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Psalms 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 71:3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. Be: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. strength: Heb. rock
Psalms 78:15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalms 78:20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms 78:35And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalms 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. finest: Heb. fat of wheat
Psalms 89:26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Psalms 89:43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Psalms 92:15To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Psalms 94:22But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Psalms 114:8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Psalms 144:1A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: strength: Heb. rock to war: Heb. to the war, etc
Isaiah11 verses
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. of the earth: Heb. of the dust
Isaiah 2:21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 8:14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 10:26And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah 17:10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isaiah 26:4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: everlasting: Heb. the rock of ages
Isaiah 30:29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. mighty: Heb. Rock
Isaiah 44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. God; I: Heb. rock, etc
Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Jeremiah2 verses
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? the snow: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?
Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H6697 (tsûwr) mean?
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
How many times does H6697 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H6697 (צוּר) appears in 74 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “rock.”
How is tsûwr translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H6697 is rendered as “rock” (57×), “rocks” (7×), “strength” (5×), “God” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word צוּר come from?
or צֻר; from H6696 (צוּר);