This is the name of the place Shur: Wilderness area between Canaan and Egypt.
Definition
the same as H7791; Shur, a region of the Desert
Traditional renderings: Shur.
Traditional renderings: Shur.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
6 total
- Genesis 16:7שֽׁוּר׃ · to ShurNow the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
- Genesis 20:1שׁ֑וּר · and ShurNow Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- Genesis 25:18שׁ֗וּר · ShurIshmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
- Exodus 15:22שׁ֑וּר · of ShurThen Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- 1 Samuel 15:7שׁ֔וּר · to ShurThen Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 27:8שׁ֖וּרָה · extending to ShurNow David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)