סוּר
Sur
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H5495 appears — 1 distinct verse across 1 book. 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.
2 Kings 1 verse
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“Sur” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name סור (Çûwr). With only 1 verse it sits in the long tail of Hebrew Bible vocabulary. More than three-quarters of its appearances fall in 2 Kings. Found nowhere else but 2 Kings 11:6. See 1-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H5495 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 →
- 1
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1 distinct verse.
- 1 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 1 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #6,101
- by frequency
- Rank #6,101 (rank 6,101 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- 2 Kings 1 verse 100%
By section of the Old Testament
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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 1 distinct verse.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1 verse · 100%
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 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†: Sur 1×
- American Standard Version†: Sur 1×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Sur 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Sur 1×
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10 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 10 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.
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
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.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from סור (çûwr) (H5494) — degenerate.
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
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Sur). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
that withdraws or departs; rebellion
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Septuagint verse parallels
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