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Strong's #7793: Shuwr (pronounced shoor)

the same as 7791; Shur, a region of the Desert:--Shur.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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shûr

Shur = "wall"

1) 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

1a) also ' wilderness of Etham'

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: the same as H7791



Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

Genesis 16:7: "by the fountain in the way to Shur."
Genesis 20:1: "country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar."
Genesis 25:18: "And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before"
Exodus 15:22: "from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three"
1 Samuel 15:7: "the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against"
1 Samuel 27:8: "nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto"









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