טוּר
tur
mountain
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "tur" (H6697H) is a term that refers to a mountain. With 77 occurrences in the Bible, it is a relatively common geographical feature used to describe various locations. The word's short definition and semantic domain (Geography & Place) indicate its primary function is to identify a specific terrain. The frequency of its usage suggests that mountains played a significant role in the ancient Israelites' understanding of their environment. The word "tur" might be used to describe mountains as a physical barrier, a place of refuge, or a location for significant events. Its range of usage implies that mountains were an integral part of the biblical landscape, shaping the culture, economy, and spiritual practices of the people. The significance of "tur" lies in its ability to evoke a sense of place and connection to the natural world. By using this word, the biblical authors create vivid images of the land, drawing attention to the relationships between people, geography, and the divine.
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Occurrences in Scripture
77 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?
Job 19:24That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
Job 22:24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
Job 24:8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
Job 28:10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
Job 29:6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
Psalms 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 18:31For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
Psalms 18:46Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
Psalms 92:15to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalms 28:1To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
Psalms 31:2Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Exodus 33:21Yahweh also said, “Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 78:15He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Psalms 78:20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
Psalms 78:35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
Psalms 81:16But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
Psalms 89:26He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
Psalms 89:43Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
Psalms 94:22But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
Psalms 95:1Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
Psalms 144:1Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
Proverbs 30:19The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
Isaiah 2:10Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 2:19Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
Isaiah 2:21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
Isaiah 8:14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
Isaiah 10:26Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
Isaiah 30:29You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.
Isaiah 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
Isaiah 48:21They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.
Isaiah 48:21They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
Jeremiah 18:14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
Habakkuk 1:12Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.