Bible Names

Tyre: meaning of the name

Tyre means “Tyrus, strength; rock; sharp.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Tyre in Hebrew and Greek

צֹר H6865

Tsôr (tsore) — Tsor, a place in Palestine

or צוֹר; the same as H6864 (צֹר); a rock;

Τύρος G5184

Týros —

of Hebrew origin (H06865): Tyrus (i.e. Tsor), a place in Palestine

Places named Tyre

Tyre in Scripture

“Tyre” appears in 36 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Joshua 19:29

    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

  • 2 Samuel 5:11

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

  • 2 Samuel 24:7

    And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

  • 1 Kings 5:1

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

  • 1 Kings 7:13

    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

  • 1 Kings 7:14

    He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

  • 1 Kings 9:11

    (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kings 9:12

    And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.