סוּר
to turn aside
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘turn aside’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
- Polel
- A stem of hollow/geminate roots functioning like the Piel — intensive active.
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
151 distinct verses where H5493 appears in the Qal stem, across 26 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 19:2 ס֣וּרוּ Qal impv 2mp and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
- Genesis 19:3 וַ/יָּסֻ֣רוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- Genesis 49:10 יָס֥וּר Qal impf 3ms The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
Exodus 7 verses
- Exodus 3:3 אָסֻֽרָה Qal coh 1cs Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 3:4 סָ֣ר Qal pf 3ms When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."
- Exodus 8:11 וְ/סָר֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only."
- Exodus 8:29 וְ/סָ֣ר conj + Qal wpf 3ms Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:31 וַ/יָּ֨סַר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.
- Exodus 25:15 יָסֻ֖רוּ Qal impf 3mp The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
- Exodus 32:8 סָ֣רוּ Qal pf 3cp They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 12:10 סָ֚ר Qal pf 3ms The cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
- Numbers 14:9 סָ֣ר Qal pf 3ms Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them.
- Numbers 16:26 ס֣וּרוּ Qal impv 2mp He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
Deuteronomy 12 verses
- Deuteronomy 2:27 אָס֖וּר Qal impf 1cs Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 יָס֨וּרוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
- Deuteronomy 5:32 תָסֻ֖רוּ Qal impf 2mp You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Deuteronomy 9:12 סָ֣רוּ Qal pf 3cp Yahweh said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from hence; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
- Deuteronomy 9:16 סַרְתֶּ֣ם Qal pf 2mp I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God; you had made you a molten calf: you had turned aside quickly out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 11:16 וְ/סַרְתֶּ֗ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Deuteronomy 11:28 וְ/סַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
- Deuteronomy 17:11 תָס֗וּר Qal impf 2ms according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
- Deuteronomy 17:17 יָס֖וּר Qal impf 3ms Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 ס֥וּר Qal inf.cs that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 28:14 תָס֗וּר Qal impf 2ms and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 31:29 וְ/סַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 1:7 תָּס֥וּר Qal juss 2ms Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- Joshua 23:6 סוּר Qal inf.cs Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
Judges 12 verses
- Judges 2:17 סָ֣רוּ Qal pf 3cp Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; [but] they didn't do so.
- Judges 4:18 סוּרָ֧/ה סוּרָ֥/ה וַ/יָּ֤סַר Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Qal impv 2ms + sfx h conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
- Judges 14:8 וַ/יָּ֣סַר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
- Judges 16:17 וְ/סָ֣ר conj + Qal pf 3ms He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
- Judges 16:19 וַ/יָּ֥סַר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
- Judges 16:20 סָ֥ר Qal pf 3ms She said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him.
- Judges 18:3 וַ/יָּס֣וּרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?
- Judges 18:15 וַ/יָּס֣וּרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
- Judges 19:11 וְ/נָס֛וּרָה conj + Qal coh 1cp When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Please come and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
- Judges 19:12 נָסוּר֙ Qal impf 1cp His master said to him, We won't turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
- Judges 19:15 וַ/יָּסֻ֣רוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge.
- Judges 20:8 נָס֖וּר Qal impf 1cp All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 12 verses
- 1 Samuel 6:3 תָס֥וּר Qal impf 3fs They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."
- 1 Samuel 6:12 סָ֖רוּ Qal pf 3cp The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 12:20 תָּס֨וּרוּ֙ Qal juss 2mp Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart:
- 1 Samuel 12:21 תָּס֑וּרוּ Qal impf 2mp and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
- 1 Samuel 15:6 סֻּ֨רוּ וַ/יָּ֥סַר Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 סָ֥ר Qal pf 3ms Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
- 1 Samuel 16:14 סָ֖רָה Qal pf 3fs Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
- 1 Samuel 16:23 וְ/סָ֥רָה conj + Qal wpf 3fs It happened, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
- 1 Samuel 18:12 סָֽר Qal pf 3ms Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.
- 1 Samuel 22:14 וְ/סָ֥ר conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
- 1 Samuel 28:15 סָ֤ר Qal pf 3ms Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.
- 1 Samuel 28:16 סָ֥ר Qal pf 3ms Samuel said, Why then do you ask of me, seeing Yahweh is departed from you, and is become your adversary?
2 Samuel 6 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:21 לָ/ס֖וּר prep + Qal inf.cs Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
- 2 Samuel 2:22 ס֥וּר Qal impv 2ms Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
- 2 Samuel 2:23 לָ/ס֗וּר prep + Qal inf.cs However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 2 Samuel 7:15 יָס֣וּר הֲסִרֹ֨תִי֙ הֲסִרֹ֖תִי Qal impf 3ms Hiphil pf 1cs Hiphil pf 1cs but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
- 2 Samuel 12:10 תָס֥וּר Qal impf 3fs Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
- 2 Samuel 22:23 אָס֥וּר Qal impf 1cs For all his ordinances were before me; As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 15:5 סָ֞ר Qal pf 3ms because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 1 Kings 15:14 סָ֑רוּ Qal pf 3cp But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
- 1 Kings 20:39 סָ֜ר Qal pf 3ms As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
- 1 Kings 22:32 וַ/יָּסֻ֥רוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
- 1 Kings 22:43 סָ֣ר סָ֑רוּ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3cp He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: however the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kings 21 verses
- 2 Kings 3:3 סָ֖ר Qal pf 3ms Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
- 2 Kings 4:8 יָסֻ֥ר Qal impf 3ms It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
- 2 Kings 4:10 יָס֥וּר Qal impf 3ms Let us make, Please, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lamp stand: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.
- 2 Kings 4:11 וַ/יָּ֥סַר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
- 2 Kings 10:29 סָ֥ר Qal pf 3ms However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
- 2 Kings 10:31 סָ֗ר Qal pf 3ms But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 12:3 סָ֑רוּ Qal pf 3cp However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 2 Kings 13:2 סָ֥ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
- 2 Kings 13:6 סָ֜רוּ Qal pf 3cp Nevertheless they didn't depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
- 2 Kings 13:11 סָ֗ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
- 2 Kings 14:4 סָ֑רוּ Qal pf 3cp However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 2 Kings 14:24 סָ֗ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 15:4 סָ֑רוּ Qal pf 3cp However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:9 סָ֗ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 15:18 סָ֠ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 15:24 סָ֗ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 15:28 סָ֗ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 15:35 סָ֔רוּ Qal pf 3cp However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 17:22 סָ֖רוּ Qal pf 3cp The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn't depart from them;
- 2 Kings 18:6 סָ֖ר Qal pf 3ms For he joined with Yahweh; he didn't depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses.
- 2 Kings 22:2 סָ֖ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chronicles 9 verses
- 2 Chronicles 8:15 סָרוּ֩ Qal pf 3cp They didn't depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
- 2 Chronicles 15:17 סָ֖רוּ Qal pf 3cp But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 סָ֥רוּ Qal pf 3cp Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn't destroy them;
- 2 Chronicles 20:32 סָ֣ר Qal pf 3ms He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 20:33 סָ֑רוּ Qal pf 3cp However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 25:27 סָ֤ר Qal pf 3ms Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Yahweh they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 34:2 סָ֖ר Qal pf 3ms He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33 וַ/יָּ֨סַר סָ֔רוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3cp Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15 לָ/סוּר֙ prep + Qal inf.cs The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 8 verses
- Job 1:1 וְ/סָ֥ר conj + Qal ptcp.act ms There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
- Job 1:8 וְ/סָ֥ר conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
- Job 2:3 וְ/סָ֣ר conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
- Job 15:30 יָס֨וּר וְ֝/יָס֗וּר Qal impf 3ms conj + Qal impf 3ms He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
- Job 21:14 ס֣וּר Qal impv 2ms They tell God, 'Depart from us, For we don't want to know about your ways.
- Job 22:17 ס֣וּר Qal impv 2ms Who said to God, 'Depart from us;' And, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
- Job 28:28 וְ/ס֖וּר conj + Qal inf.cs To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
- Job 34:27 סָ֣רוּ Qal pf 3cp Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:
Psalms 8 verses
- Psalms 6:8 ס֣וּרוּ Qal impv 2mp Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, For Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
- Psalms 14:3 סָר֮ Qal pf 3ms They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.
- Psalms 34:14 ס֣וּר Qal impv 2ms Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
- Psalms 37:27 ס֣וּר Qal impv 2ms Depart from evil, and do good; Live securely forever.
- Psalms 101:4 יָס֣וּר Qal impf 3ms A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
- Psalms 119:102 סָ֑רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.
- Psalms 119:115 סֽוּרוּ Qal impv 2mp Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
- Psalms 139:19 ס֣וּרוּ Qal impv 2mp If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
Proverbs 14 verses
- Proverbs 3:7 וְ/ס֣וּר conj + Qal impv 2ms Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
- Proverbs 5:7 תָּ֝ס֗וּרוּ Qal juss 2mp Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 9:4 יָסֻ֣ר Qal juss 3ms "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
- Proverbs 9:16 יָסֻ֣ר Qal juss 3ms "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
- Proverbs 11:22 וְ/סָ֣רַת conj + Qal ptcp.act fs cs Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 13:14 לָ֝/ס֗וּר prep + Qal inf.cs The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, To turn from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 13:19 ס֣וּר Qal inf.cs Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, But fools detest turning from evil.
- Proverbs 14:16 וְ/סָ֣ר conj + Qal ptcp.act ms A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
- Proverbs 14:27 לָ֝/ס֗וּר prep + Qal inf.cs The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, Turning people from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 15:24 ס֝֗וּר Qal inf.cs The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.
- Proverbs 16:6 ס֣וּר Qal inf.cs By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
- Proverbs 16:17 ס֣וּר Qal inf.cs The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
- Proverbs 22:6 יָס֥וּר Qal impf 3ms Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 27:22 תָס֥וּר Qal impf 3fs Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Isaiah 8 verses
- Isaiah 6:7 וְ/סָ֣ר conj + Qal wpf 3ms He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."
- Isaiah 7:17 סוּר Qal inf.cs Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 10:27 יָס֤וּר Qal impf 3ms It shall happen in that day, that his burden shall depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.
- Isaiah 11:13 וְ/סָ֨רָה֙ conj + Qal wpf 3fs The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
- Isaiah 14:25 וְ/סָ֤ר יָסֽוּר conj + Qal wpf 3ms Qal impf 3ms that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.
- Isaiah 30:11 ס֚וּרוּ Qal impv 2mp get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
- Isaiah 52:11 ס֤וּרוּ ס֨וּרוּ֙ Qal impv 2mp Qal impv 2mp Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 59:15 וְ/סָ֥ר conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.
Jeremiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 5:23 סָ֖רוּ Qal pf 3cp But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
- Jeremiah 6:28 סָרֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act ms cs They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
- Jeremiah 15:5 יָס֔וּר Qal impf 3ms For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
- Jeremiah 17:5 יָס֥וּר Qal impf 3ms Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 17:13 וְ/סוּרַ/י֙ conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
- Jeremiah 32:40 ס֥וּר Qal inf.cs and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 6:9 סָר֙ Qal pf 3ms Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:42 וְ/סָ֥רָה conj + Qal wpf 3fs So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Daniel 2 verses
- Daniel 9:5 וְ/ס֥וֹר conj + Qal inf.abs we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances;
- Daniel 9:11 וְ/ס֕וֹר conj + Qal inf.abs Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore has the curse been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 4:18 סָ֖ר Qal pf 3ms Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
- Hosea 7:14 יָס֥וּרוּ Qal impf 3mp They haven't cried to me with their heart, But they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
- Hosea 9:12 בְּ/שׂוּרִ֥/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Amos 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 2:8 סַרְתֶּ֣ם Qal pf 2mp But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 3:7 סַרְתֶּ֤ם Qal pf 2mp From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'
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The Hebrew verb סור centers on the idea of “to turn aside.” Where the King James Version says “depart,” newer translations reach for “turn away” (Berean Standard Bible) and “turn aside” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 283 verses across 30 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Debuting at Genesis 8:13, it then recurs through the corpus. Read the stem: it spans 4 stems, including Qal and Hiphil. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5493 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 283
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 283 distinct verses.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #163
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 163 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 283 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 283 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 149 verses · 53%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 81 verses · 29%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 53 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Depart 23×, Departed 9×, He departed 9×
- American Standard Version†: Depart 17×, Remove 9×, He departed 8×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Turn away 21×, Removed 19×, Turn aside 15×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Turn aside 32×, Remove 27×, Turn away 27×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5493 across 308† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 136 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5493 across 306† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 139 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5493 across 294† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 120 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5493 across 396† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 89 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
סור I and (Ho 9
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. סָר Ex 3:4 +; 3 fs. סָ֫רָה 1 S 16:14 +; 1 s. סָ֑רְתִּי ψ 119:102; 3 pl. סָרוּ Dt 9:12 +; 2 mpl. סַרְתֶּם v 16 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָסוּר Gn 49:10 +, וַיָּ֫סַר Ju 4:18 +; 3 fs. תָּסוּר 1 S 6:3 +; 1 s. cohort. אָסֻ֫רָה Ex 3:3; 3 mpl. יָסֻ֫רוּ Ex 25:15 +, etc.; Imv. ms. סוּר 2 S 2:22 +, etc.; Inf. abs. סוֹר Dn 9:5, סֹר v 11; cstr. סוּר Is 7:17 +; sf. שׂוּרִי Ho 9:12 (Ges§ 6 k Now); Pt. סָר Jb 1:1 +; f. cstr. סָרַת Pr 11:22; mpl. cstr. סָרֵי Je 6:28 (or from סרר, or שָׂר); pass. f. סוּרָה Is 49:21, c. intrans. meaning (Ges§ 50 f Köii. 1, 137), pl. sf. סוּרַי Je 17:13 Qr; and cstr. סוּרֵי 2:21;— e.g. Exodus 3:4
- 1. turn aside, out of one’s course 1 S 6:12 Dt 2:27, from following, מֵאַחֲרֵי pers. 2 S 2:21, 22, abs. v 23, from attacking, מֵעַל 2 Ch 20:10; turn in unto (for shelter, refuge, etc.), c. אֶל־, Gn 19:2, 3 (J) Ju 4:18(×3); 19:11, 12 2 K 4:11, c. לְ Ju 20:8, c. שָׁם 18:3; 19:15, שָׁ֫מָה 18:15 2 K 4:8 (+ inf.), v 10; c. הֵ֫נָּה Pr 9:4, 16 (in fig.); for purpose implied Ex 3:3 (J) Ru 4:1(×2), or expr. by inf. Ex 3:4 (J) Ju 14:8 Je 15:5 (in fig.); especially fig. turn aside from right path, from י׳, his commands, etc., usually c. מִן Ex 32:8 (J) Ju 2:17 Dt 9:12 + 7 times D, Pr 13:14 + 5 times Pr, + 10 times elsewhere, + 2 Ch 8:15 (ins. מִן); c. מֵאַחֲרֵי 1 S 12:20 + 4 times; c. מֵעַל Je 32:40 Ez 6:9; מִן + יָמִין etc. Dt 5:29; 17:11 2 K 22:2 = 2 Ch 34:2; abs. (sometimes = revolt) ψ 14:3 Je 5:23 Dt 11:16; 17:17 (subj. לֵבָב), וְסוּרַי Je 17:13 Qr (> יסורי Kt) read prob. וְסוּרֶיךָ those revolting from thee (Ew Gie); סוּרֵי הַגֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה Je 2:21 degenerate (shoots) of the foreign vine (fig.); סָרַת טַעַם Pr 11:22 a woman turning aside as to discretion, shewing lack of it; also from wrong path, sins (of Jerob.), etc., c. מִן 2 K 3:3; 14:24 + 7 times 2 K; c. מֵעַל 2 K 10:31; 15:18; c. מֵאַחֲרֵי 2 K 10:29; †סָר מֵרָע (pt.) Jb 1:1, 8; 2:3 also Is 59:15; סוּר מֵרָע (inf. and imv.) Jb 28:28 Pr 3:7; 13:19; 16:6, 17 ψ 34:15; 37:27. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:12
- 2. depart, usually c. מִן, of frogs Ex 8:7, flies v 25 (both J), sword 2 S 12:10; sceptre from Judah Gn 49:10 (poem in J): י׳’s hand 1 S 6:3, his kindness 2 S 7:15 (MT, but read אָסִיר 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 ‖ 1 Ch 17:13 Th We Dr Klo Bu Kit HPS), his wrath Ez 16:42 (but del. Co Siegf Toy), depart from way = get out of the way, cease to obstruct Is 30:11, etc.; c. מִתּוֹךְ 1 S 15:6(×2); c. מֵעַל Is 7:17 Ju 16:19 Nu 12:10, etc.; of י׳ departing, מִן pers., Ho 9:12, מֵעַל Ju 16:20 1 S 28:16, מֵעִם 1 S 18:12; God, c. מִן Jb 21:14; 22:17, c. מֵעַל 1 S 28:15; רוּחַ י׳, c. מֵעִם 1 S 16:14; evil spirit, c. מֵעַל v 23; abs. depart [from Babyl.] Is 52:11(×2); = avoid contact La 4:15(×3); of wicked Jb 15:30 he shall not depart out of (מִנִּי) darkness, i.e. shall not avoid it, escape it; pt. pass. made to depart, thrust away, of Isr. under fig. of wife Is 49:21 (> act., according to BaNB § 124 c.). e.g. Exodus 8:7
- 3. of lifeless things = be removed, oppressor’s yoke, c. מֵעַל Is 14:25 cf. v 25 10:27; staves from (מִן) ark Ex 25:15; abs. iniquity Is 6:7; especially of בָּמוֹת 1 K 15:14; 22:44 2 K 12:4; 14:4; 15:4, 35 2 Ch 15:17; 20:33. e.g. Isaiah 14:25
- 4. = come to an end, Am 6:7 Is 11:13.—For סָר אֶל־ 1 S 22:14 read שַׂר עַל־ 𝔊 Th Dr Klo Bu Kit Löhr HPS; in 15:32 Th HPS del. סָר (after 𝔊 𝔙 𝔖) as dittogr.; סָר סָבְאָם Ho 4:18 v. סֹבֶא; Ho 7:14 read יָסוֹ֫רוּ for יָס֫וּרוּ (√ סרר q.v.); Je 6:28, it is uncertain whether (סוֹרְרִים) סָרֵי belongs here, revolters among the rebellious, or sub סרר, or even = שָׂרֵי princes, chiefs (cf. 1 S 22:14). e.g. Amos 6:7
Poʿlel
- Pf. 3 ms. דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר La 3:11 he turned aside my ways (my steps). e.g. Lamentations 3:11
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הֵסִיר 2 K 18:4 +; 2 ms. וַהֲסִרֹ֫תָ consec. (Dr§ 110 (5) Obs.) 1 K 2:31; 1 s. הֲסִירֹ֫תִי 2 K 23:27 +, וַהֲסִרֹתִ֫י 1 S 17:46 +; 3 pl. הֵסִ֫ירוּ 2 Ch 30:14, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָסִיר Is 3:18 +, juss. יָסֵר Ex 8:4 +, וַיָּ֫סַר Gn 8:13 +; sf. וַיְסִרֵהוּ 1 S 18:13, וַיְסִרֶהָ 1 K 15:13, יְסִירֶנָּה Lv 3:4 +; 3 mpl. יָסִ֫ירוּ Is 5:23 +, etc.; Imv. ms. הָסֵר 1 K 20:24 +, הָסִיר Ez 21:31 (read הָסֵיר, הָסֵר); fs. הָסִ֫ירִי 1 S 1:14, etc.; Inf. abs. הָסֵר Gn 30:32 +; cstr. הָסִיר 2 K 6:32 +, etc.; Pt. מֵסִיר Is 3:1 + 3 times;— e.g. 2 Kings 18:4
- 1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away: c. מִן, Ex 8:4, 27; 33:23 (all J), 23:25 (E) Dt 7:15 1 S 28:3 Jos 7:13 (J) Ju 10:16 Is 3:1 ψ 18:23 (+ ‖ 2 S 22:23, read אָסִיר מִמֶּנִּי De Hup-Now HPS); shoulder from burden ψ 81:7; מֵסִיר אָזְנוֹ מִשְּׁמֹעַ Pr 28:9; + often, + Jb 33:17 (ins. מִן 𝔊 Ew Di De Hi Bu al.); c. מֵעַל, take off ring Gn 41:42 (E) Est 3:10, also 8:2 (abs.); garments Gn 38:14, 19 (J) Dt 21:13 Zc 3:4 1 S 17:39 (armour), also Ex 34:34 (P; abs.) and Ez 26:16 (Co ins. מֵעַל); take off head, מֵעַל 1 S 17:46, abs. 2 S 4:7; 16:9 2 K 6:32; c. מֵעַל also often fig. (from upon = from resting on, or burdening), plagues Ex 8:4; 10:17 (J), cf. Nu 21:7 (E), also 1 S 1:14 Am 5:23 1 K 2:31; reproach 1 S 17:26 Is 25:8; c. מֵעִם = from one’s presence 1 S 18:13, also of י׳ removing his kindness 1 Ch 16:13 + ‖ 2 S 7:15 (v. Qal 2); c. מֵעַל פָּנָיו, of י׳ removing Isr. 2 K 17:18, 23; 23:27; 24:3 Je 32:31; abs. 2 K 23:27; often abs., Gn 8:13 Noah removed the covering; remove = depose c. מִן 1 K 15:13 = 2 Ch 15:16 (v. מִן 7 b (b)), abs. 2 Ch 36:3, cf. Ju 9:29 Jb 34:20; remove בָּמוֹת, etc., 2 K 18:4, v 22 = Is 36:7 = 2 Ch 32:12, 2 K 23:19 2 Ch 30:14; 14:2, cf. 14:4; 17:5 (both c. מִן); = put away strange gods, etc., Gn 35:2 Jos 24:14, 23 (all E), 1 S 7:4, c. מִתּוֹךְ v 3 Is 58:9; once c. לְ, מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים Jb 12:20. e.g. Exodus 8:4
- 2. rarer uses are: put aside = leave undone Jos 11:15 (D); retract words Is 31:2 (of י׳); reject prayer ψ 66:20; abolish sacrifice Dn 11:31; turn one away מֵאַחֲרֵי, i.e. from following Dt 7:4; c. אֶל־ pers., remove the ark unto 2 S 6:10 = 1 Ch 13:13. e.g. Joshua 11:15
Hophal
- Pf. 3 ms. הוּסַר Lv 4:31 Dn 12:11; Impf. 3 ms. יוּסַר Lv 4:35; Pt. מוּסָר Is 17:1; pl. מוּסָרִים 1 S 21:7 (but final ם prob. dittogr. before מ We Dr Klo Kit HPS);—be taken away, removed: c. מִן Lv 4:35, מֵעַל v 31, מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ 1 S 21:7; מוּסָר מֵעִיר Is 17:1 Damascus is removed from being a city; abs. be abolished Dn 12:11 (cf. 11:31 Hiph.). e.g. Leviticus 4:31
סור II verb. properly Pt. of סור q.v.
סור III of a temple-gate
סור IV saw (‖ form of נָשַׂר
Qal
- Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּשַׂר 1 Ch 20:3 (but v. שׂים 1 a).—Ho 9:12 v. סור; Ju 9:22; Ho 8:4 v. שׂרר; 12:5 v. שׂרה. e.g. 1 Chronicles 20:3
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. and (Ho 9:12) [שׂוּר]300 vb. turn aside (NH Hiph. cause to turn aside, or apostatize; TelAm. sûru, n. rebel WklGloss.);—
II. adj.verb. properly Pt. of סור q.v.
III. n.pr. of a temple-gate;—שַׁעַר ס׳ 2 K 11:6 (> ‖ 2 Ch 23:5 שַׁעַר הַיְסוֹד, v. יְסוֹד), but del. ver. as gloss WeBleek’s Einl. 4:258 KmpKau Benz.
I. vb. saw (‖ form of נָשַׂר; denom. from מַשּׂוֹר?);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
סוּר I
- (b. h.)
- 1. to go around; to turn; with ל to turn to, follow; with מן, מ־, to turn away; in gen. [to turn from the right path,] to go astray; to degenerate. Snh. 21ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XVII, 17) אני ארבה ולא אָסוּר I (Solomon) will take many wives and yet not go astray. Ber. 19ᵇ, a. fr. לאו דלא תָסוּר the prohibition inplied in the words, ‘thou shalt not deviate’ (from the decisions of the courts, the interpretations of the Rabbis, Deut. XVII, 11); a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:17
- 2. to pass away, cease. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Am. VI, 7) אותה שעה תָסוּר שמחת הסרוחים at that time shall the joy of the (corrupt) banqueters cease; a. e. e.g. Amos 6:7
- 1. to remove, take off. Num. R. s. 14 (play on סיר, Ps. LX, 10) והֵסַרְתִּי הצרעת מעליו and I removed the leprosy from him; שהסרתי אותו מן הטביעה whom I removed (saved) from drowning, v. טְבִיעָה I; Num. R. s. 12 הָסֵר הטומאה וכ׳ remove the uncleanness out of thy house; a. e. e.g. Psalms 60:10
- 2. to cause to deviate, to corrupt. Snh. II, 4 (ref. to Deut. XVII, 17) ובלבד שלא יהו מְסִירוֹת את לבו provided they (the wives) do not corrupt his heart; אפי׳ אחת ומְסִירָה וכ׳ even one wife, if she might corrupt his heart, he must not marry. Kidd. 68ᵇ (ref. to Deut. VII, 4) לרבות כל המְסִירִים this is to intimate the extension of the prohibition of intermarriage to all nations that might lead astray; Yeb. 23ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 36ᵇ המְסִירוֹת. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:17
- to be removed. Macc. 5ᵃ (ref. to סרה Deut. XIX, 16) עד שתּוּסַר גופה של עדות Ar. s. v. זמם (ed. שתסרה) until the testimony itself has been removed (an alibi has been proved). e.g. Deuteronomy 19:16
סוּר
- 1. to turn, esp. ס׳ סכינא (v. Ḥull. 17ᵇ, quot. s. v. טוּפְרָא) to turn the slaughtering knife on all sides, to examine. Erub. 63ᵃ רבינא סַר סכינא וכ׳ R. examined the slaughterer’s knife (assumed the rabbinical function of superintending the slaughtering) in Babylonia. Ḥull. 18ᵃ דלא סר וכ׳ who failed to examine his knife before an authorised scholar.
- 2. to go around, visit, superintend, esp. ס׳ ניכסיה (or ארעיה) to superintend one’s estate, examine, watch laborers &c.—Part. סָיֵיר. Ib. 105ᵃ מאן דסייר ניכסיה וכ׳ (Ar. סָאֵיר) he who goes around examining his property every day. Ib. וכ׳ אבא הוה ס׳ … ואנא לא סָיִירְנָא my father used to examine his estate twice a day, but I do it only once a day.
- same. B. Mets. 76ᵇ, sq. [read:] סַיְּירָהּ לארעיה וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he visited his fields &c. Gitt. 38ᵇ דמְסַיְּירֵי וכ׳ Rashi (ed. דסָיְירֵי) those who examine their property on the Sabbath; a. e.—V. סְעַר I.
סוּר II
- (b. h.) pr. n. שער הס׳ the gate of Sur, name of a Temple gate. Y. Erub. V, 22ᶜ
*סָוַר
- (cmp. צבר, v. סַוָּאר) to pile, arrange.—Part. pass. סָווּר; f. סְווּרָה; pl. סְווּרוֹת. Tosef. B. Bath. III, 6 העצים … האבנים ס׳ וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. סוררות, some ed. סוירות, corr. acc.) wood or stones piled up whether for his untilled field (for building) or for his fence; v. סָדַר a. צָבַר.
סוֹר
- (= סאור, v. סִיאוּר) fermentation, froth, leaven; trnsf. (cmp. שְׂאוֹר, עִיסָה a. חָמַץ) germ, original nature, character. Snh. 92ᵇ סו̇רו̇ his haughty nature; [oth. opin.: its (the kiln’s) froth], v. מָקַק a. מָרַק. Kidd. 82ᵃ כל שעסקיו סורו רע … he who has a business which brings him in contact with women, has bad leaven in him (or else he would not have chosen such a trade). Hor. 13ᵃ מפני שסוֹרָן רע because they (the mice) are of a mischievous nature. B. Mets. 59ᵇ the Torah cautions repeatedly against ill-treating the proselyte (גֵּר), מפני שסורו רע because his original character is bad (into which ill treatment might cause him to relapse). Kidd. 17ᵇ שמא יחזור לסורו lest he (the proselyte) relapse &c., v. קִילְקוּל. Gen. R. s. 70 היה חוזר לסורו he (Aquila) might have gone back to his evil ways (to heathenism); v. סִיאוּר. Gen. R. s. 74, end (expl. למקומו, Gen. XXXII, 1) לסורו to his evil manners (sensual pleasures). Cant. R. to II, 5; a. e.—Pl. סוֹרִים degenerate, bad people. Num. R. s. 3 אפי׳ סוֹרֵיהֶן וכ׳ even the bad among them are charitable; (Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII בּוֹרִים שבהם). e.g. Genesis 32:1
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The 194 distinct written forms H5493 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 134 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 266 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 283 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 8:13
- Exodus 3:3
- Leviticus 1:16
- Numbers 12:10
- Deuteronomy 2:27
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 2:17
- Ruth 4:1
- 1 Samuel 1:14
- 2 Samuel 2:21
- 1 Kings 2:31
- 2 Kings 3:2
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