H7793: שׁוּר
Shûwr · pronounced shoor · “Shur”
Definition
Shur, a region of the Desert
KJV translates it as: Shur.
Word origin: the same as H7791 (שׁוּר);
Extended definition
a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea
also 'wilderness of Etham'
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7793 is translated
- shur ×5
- towards ×1
Bible verses with H7793 (Shûwr)
Shûwr appears in 6 verses.
- Genesis 16:7
And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Exodus 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- 1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 27:8
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.