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סוּר

surto turn aside: removeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb299 occurrences30 books281 verses

Definition

or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סוּר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

299 total
  1. 1 Samuel 28:16סָ֥ר · has turned away
    “Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
  2. 2 Samuel 2:21לָס֖וּר · stop
    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
  3. 2 Samuel 2:22ס֥וּר · Stop
    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
  4. 2 Samuel 2:23לָס֗וּר · to turn away
    But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
  5. 2 Samuel 4:7וַיָּסִ֖ירוּ · they beheaded
    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
  6. 2 Samuel 5:6הֱסִֽירְךָ֗ · can repel you
    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
  7. 2 Samuel 6:10לְהָסִ֥יר · to move
    So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  8. 2 Samuel 7:15יָס֣וּר · be removed from him; הֲסִרֹ֙תִי֙ · I removed; הֲסִרֹ֖תִי · I removed from
    But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
  9. 2 Samuel 12:10תָס֥וּר · depart
    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
  10. 2 Samuel 16:9וְאָסִ֥ירָה
    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
  11. 2 Samuel 22:23אָס֥וּר · disregarded
    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
  12. 1 Kings 2:31וַהֲסִירֹ֣תָ׀ · and so remove
    And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
  13. 1 Kings 15:5סָ֞ר · turned aside
    For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  14. 1 Kings 15:12וַיָּ֙סַר֙ · and removed
    He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
  15. 1 Kings 15:13וַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙ · removed
    He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
  16. 1 Kings 15:14סָ֑רוּ · removed
    The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
  17. 1 Kings 20:24הָסֵ֤ר · Dismiss
    So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
  18. 1 Kings 20:39סָ֜ר · came over
    As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
  19. 1 Kings 20:41וַיָּ֙סַר֙ · removed
    Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
  20. 1 Kings 22:32וַיָּסֻ֥רוּ · So they turned
    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
  21. 1 Kings 22:43סָ֣ר · turn away; סָ֑רוּ · removed
    And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  22. 2 Kings 3:2וַיָּ֙סַר֙ · He removed
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
  23. 2 Kings 3:3סָ֖ר · turn away
    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  24. 2 Kings 4:8יָסֻ֥ר · he would stop
    One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
  25. 2 Kings 4:10יָס֥וּר · he can stay
    Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
  26. 2 Kings 4:11וַיָּ֥סַר · and went
    One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
  27. 2 Kings 6:32לְהָסִ֣יר · someone to cut off
    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  28. 2 Kings 10:29סָ֥ר · turn away
    …but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
  29. 2 Kings 10:31סָ֗ר · turn away
    Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
  30. 2 Kings 12:3סָ֑רוּ · removed
    Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
  31. 2 Kings 13:2סָ֥ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  32. 2 Kings 13:6סָ֜רוּ · turn away
    Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
  33. 2 Kings 13:11סָ֗ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
  34. 2 Kings 14:4סָ֑רוּ · taken away
    Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
  35. 2 Kings 14:24סָ֗ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  36. 2 Kings 15:4סָ֑רוּ · taken away
    Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
  37. 2 Kings 15:9סָ֗ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  38. 2 Kings 15:18סָ֠ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  39. 2 Kings 15:24סָ֗ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  40. 2 Kings 15:28סָ֗ר · turn away
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  41. 2 Kings 15:35סָ֔רוּ · taken away
    Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
  42. 2 Kings 16:17וַיָּ֤סַר · and removed
    King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
  43. 2 Kings 17:18וַיְסִרֵ֖ם · and He removed them
    So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
  44. 2 Kings 17:22סָ֖רוּ · turn away
    The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
  45. 2 Kings 17:23הֵסִ֨יר · removed
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
  46. 2 Kings 18:4הֵסִ֣יר · He removed
    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
  47. 2 Kings 18:6סָ֖ר · turn
    He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.