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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. 2 Kings 18:22הֵסִ֤יר · has removed
    But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
  2. 2 Kings 22:2סָ֖ר · turn aside
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  3. 2 Kings 23:19הֵסִ֖יר · removed
    Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
  4. 2 Kings 23:27אָסִיר֙ · remove; הֲסִרֹ֖תִי · I removed
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  5. 2 Kings 24:3לְהָסִ֖יר · to remove them
    Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
  6. 1 Chronicles 13:13הֵסִ֨יר · move
    So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  7. 1 Chronicles 17:13אָסִ֣יר · remove; הֲסִיר֔וֹתִי · I removed [it]
    I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
  8. 2 Chronicles 8:15סָרוּ֩ · turn aside
    They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
  9. 2 Chronicles 14:3וַיָּ֛סַר · He removed
    He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
  10. 2 Chronicles 14:5וַיָּ֙סַר֙ · He also removed
    He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
  11. 2 Chronicles 15:16הֱסִירָהּ֙ · removed
    King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
  12. 2 Chronicles 15:17סָ֖רוּ · removed
    The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
  13. 2 Chronicles 17:6הֵסִ֛יר · he removed
    And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
  14. 2 Chronicles 20:10סָ֥רוּ · Israel turned away
    And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
  15. 2 Chronicles 20:32סָ֣ר · turn away
    And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
  16. 2 Chronicles 20:33סָ֑רוּ · removed
    The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
  17. 2 Chronicles 25:27סָ֤ר · turned
    From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
  18. 2 Chronicles 30:9יָסִ֤יר · away
    For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 30:14וַיָּסִ֙ירוּ֙ · to remove; הֵסִ֔ירוּ · and to take away
    They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
  20. 2 Chronicles 32:12הֵסִ֥יר · remove
    Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
  21. 2 Chronicles 33:8לְהָסִיר֙ · to leave
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
  22. 2 Chronicles 33:15וַ֠יָּסַר · He removed
    He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
  23. 2 Chronicles 34:2סָ֖ר · turn aside
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  24. 2 Chronicles 34:33וַיָּ֨סַר · removed; סָ֔רוּ · turn aside
    And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  25. 2 Chronicles 35:12וַיָּסִ֨ירוּ · They set aside
    They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.
  26. 2 Chronicles 35:15לָסוּר֙ · need to leave
    The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
  27. 2 Chronicles 36:3וַיְסִירֵ֥הוּ · dethroned him
    And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
  28. Nehemiah 9:19סָ֨ר · turned away
    You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
  29. Esther 3:10וַיָּ֧סַר · removed
    So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
  30. Esther 4:4וּלְהָסִ֥יר · instead of
    When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
  31. Esther 8:2וַיָּ֨סַר · removed
    The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
  32. Job 1:1וְסָ֥ר · and shunning
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
  33. Job 1:8וְסָ֥ר · and shuns
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
  34. Job 2:3וְסָ֣ר · and shuns
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
  35. Job 9:34יָסֵ֣ר · Let Him remove
    Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
  36. Job 12:20מֵסִ֣יר · He deprives
    He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
  37. Job 12:24מֵסִ֗יר · He deprives
    He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
  38. Job 15:30יָס֨וּר׀ · escape; וְ֝יָס֗וּר · will carry him away
    He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
  39. Job 19:9וַ֝יָּ֗סַר · and removed
    He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
  40. Job 21:14ס֣וּר · Leave us alone
    Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  41. Job 22:17ס֣וּר · Depart
    They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
  42. Job 27:2הֵסִ֣יר · who has deprived me of
    “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
  43. Job 27:5אָסִ֖יר
    I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
  44. Job 28:28וְס֖וּר · and to turn away
    And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  45. Job 33:17לְ֭הָסִיר · to turn
    …to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,