King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7793
Transliteration: Shur
Phonetic Spelling: (shoor)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a desert region Southwest of Pal. on E. border of Egypt
Meaning: Shur -- a desert region Southwest of Palestine on eastern border of Egypt
Word Summary
Shur: a desert region Southwest of Pal. on E. border of Egypt
Original Word: שׁוּרTransliteration: Shur
Phonetic Spelling: (shoor)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a desert region Southwest of Pal. on E. border of Egypt
Meaning: Shur -- a desert region Southwest of Palestine on eastern border of Egypt
Strong's Concordance
Shur The same as shuwr; Shur, a region of the Desert -- Shur.
see HEBREW shuwr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7793. Shur
III. שׁוּר proper name, of a location southwest of Palestine, on east border of Egypt; — Genesis 16:7 (J; שׁ ׳דֶּרֶךְ), 20:1 (E), towards Egypt 25:18 (J), 1 Samuel 15:7, שׁ֫וּרָה 27:8; ׳מִדְּבַּרשֿׁ Exodus 15:22 (J). — Often supposed to denote properly the 'wall' or line of fortresses, built by Egyptian kings across isthmus of Suez; but dubious: compare DrHast. DB SHUR.