צוּר

tsur

TSOOR

rock, cliff, boulder

Where it comes from

Two words are translated rock. Sela is a cliff you hide in; tsur is a mass you stand on. Moses uses tsur in his last song, and the emphasis is not shelter but reliability — the ground under you does not move.

Every place it appears

Strong's H6696. It stands in 36 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

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