- Original: צוּר - Transliteration: Tsuwr - Phonetic: tsoor - Definition: 1. to bind, besiege, confine, cramp a. (Qal) 1. to confine, secure 2. to shut in, beseige 3. to shut up, enclose 2. (Qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe 3. (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1898,1899,1900 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to cramp that is confine (in many applications literally and figuratively formative or hostile): - adversary assault beset besiege bind (up) cast distress fashion fortify inclose lay siege put up in bags. Total KJV Occurrences: 38 • adversary, 1 Exodus 23:22 • assault, 1 Esther 8:11 • bags, 1 2 Kings 12:10 • beset, 1 Psalm 139:5 • besiege, 7 Deuteronomy 20:12; Deuteronomy 20:19; 1 Samuel 23:8; 2 Kings 24:11; Isaiah 21:2; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 21:9 • besieged, 14 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 20:15; 1 Kings 16:17; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 6:25; 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 18:9; 1 Chronicles 20:1; Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 39:1; Daniel 1:1 • bind, 1 Ezekiel 5:3 • bound, 1 2 Kings 5:23 • cast, 1 1 Kings 7:15 • distress, 2 Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:19 • distressed, 1 2 Chronicles 28:20 • enclose, 1 Song of Songs 8:9 • fashioned, 1 Exodus 32:4 • fortify, 1 Judges 9:31 • siege, 3 1 Kings 15:27; Isaiah 29:3; Ezekiel 4:3 • up, 1 Deuteronomy 14:25