BDB7020 [H6697]
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1. a. rocky wall, cliff , Exod 17:6 (twice in verse) (E ), Deut 8:15 (הַחַלָּמִישׁ ׳ צ ), Isa 48:21 (twice in verse); Ps 78:15; Ps 78:20; Ps 105:41; Ps 114:8 (|| חַלָּמִישׁ ); ׳ בּוֺא בַצּ Isa 2:10, בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים vIsa 2:19, ׳ בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּ vIsa 2:21, compare Exod 33:21; Exod 33:22 (J E ); yielding honey (from its clefts) Ps 81:17 (compare Deut 32:13 Dy PerlesAnal. 34 We read צוּף ); as look-out Num 23:9 (J E ), home of goats 1Sam 24:3 (Gi v.1Sam 24:2), snow-covered Jer 18:14 bearing (olives for) oil Deut 32:13 (׳ חַלְמִישׁ צ ), Job 29:6 resort of homeless Job 24:8, pierced by miners Job 28:10, compare perhaps נְחָלִים ׳ שִׁית בְּצ אוֺפִיר Job 22:24 deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most below צֹר pebble); as quarry, figurative of Abraham as ancestor of Israel Isa 51:1 place of security 1Chr 11:15, הַמִּישׁוֺר ׳ צ Jer 21:13 (of city), figurative Ps 27:5; Ps 61:3 symbol of firmness Nah 1:6; Job 14:18; Job 18:4 enduring material Job 19:24.
\ \ b.rock with flat surface 2Sam 21:10; Prov 30:19.
\ \ c.block of stone, boulder Judg 6:21; Judg 13:19 (as altar); compare צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל Isa 8:14 (|| נֶגֶף אֶבֶן ).
\ \ d.rock with specific name, עוֺרֵב ׳ צ Judg 7:25; Isa 10:26.
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2. a. figurative of God (33 t.) as support and defence of his people (often || אֱלֹהִים , ׳ י , etc.), מָעֻזֵּךְ ׳ צ Isa 17:10, מָעוֺז ׳ צ Ps 31:3, עֻזִּי ׳ צ Ps 62:8, מָעוֺן ׳ צ , Ps 71:3, יְשֻׁעָתוֺ ׳ צ Deut 32:15 compare 2Sam 22:47b (but strike out, see || Ps 18:47), Ps 89:27; Ps 95:1, וִישׁוּעָתִי ׳ צ Ps 62:3; Ps 62:7, מַחְסִי ׳ צ Ps 94:22 יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ צ Isa 30:29; 2Sam 23:3 (personified), צוּרִי Ps 18:3; Ps 18:47 = 2Sam 22:3; 2Sam 22:47a, >BIBLE:Psalm 19:15>; Ps 28:1; Ps 92:16; Ps 144:1, לְבָבִי ׳ צ Ps 73:26, צוּרֵנוּ Deut 32:31, צוּרָם vDeut 32:30; Ps 78:35 with בְּ essent. ׳ בְּיָהּ י עוֺלָמִים ׳ צ Isa 26:4 (compare Ps 62:8 see ב I. 7 c); as proper name, of deity (the Rock Deut 32:4; Deut 32:18 (יְלָֽדְךָ ׳ צ ), vDeut 32:37; Hab 1:12, +(perhaps) Ps 75:6 (read בַּצּוּד , see צַוָּאר ; see also פְּדָהצוּר ).
\ \ b. of a heathen god Deut 32:31, compare Isa 44:3,מִי צוּר ׳ מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א 2Sam 22:32 || Ps 18:32, compare 1Sam 2:2. — See also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים . — Ps 89:44 see צֹד below III. צרר , Ps 49:15 see צוּרָה below III. צור . above
\ \ b. of a heathen god Deut 32:31, compare Isa 44:3,
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