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Shur

An enclosure; a wall, a part, probably, of the Arabian desert, on the north-eastern border of Egypt, giving its name to a wilderness extending from Egypt toward Philistia (Gen. 16:7; 20:1; 25:18; Ex. 15:22). The name was probably given to it from the wall (or shur) which the Egyptians built to defend their frontier on the north-east from the desert tribes. This wall or line of fortifications extended from Pelusium to Heliopolis.

KJB,ESV = ‘Shur’

Recorded scripture occurrences (6)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

GEN 16:7: RV GEN 16:7 · LV GEN 16:7 · Read together GEN 16:7

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OET-RV GEN 16:7

7 Then Yahweh’s messenger found her in the wilderness at a spring—the spring beside the road to Shur,

OET-LV GEN 16:7

7 And_he_found _her the _messenger _of YHWH at the _spring _of the_waters in_wilderness at the_spring on_the _way _of Shūr.

GEN 20:1: RV GEN 20:1 · LV GEN 20:1 · Read together GEN 20:1

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OET-RV GEN 20:1

20 Then Avraham travelled from there to the Negev region and he settled between Kadesh and Shur, staying in Gerar for a while.

OET-LV GEN 20:1

20 And_he _set _out from_there ʼAⱱrāhām towards_land of_the _Negeⱱ and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived between Qādēsh and_between Shūr and_he _sojourned in_Gərār.

GEN 25:18: RV GEN 25:18 · LV GEN 25:18 · Read together GEN 25:18

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OET-RV GEN 25:18

18 His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur (which is near Mitsrayim (Egypt) as you go toward Ashur (Assyria)). He fell in the face of all his brothers.

OET-LV GEN 25:18

18 And_they _dwelt from_Ḩₐvīlāh to Shūr which is_on the _face _of Miʦrayim your(ms)_going to_ʼAshshūr on the _face _of all _of relatives _of_his he _fell.

GEN: all 3 recorded references

GEN 16:7: RV GEN 16:7 · LV GEN 16:7 · Read together GEN 16:7

GEN 20:1: RV GEN 20:1 · LV GEN 20:1 · Read together GEN 20:1

GEN 25:18: RV GEN 25:18 · LV GEN 25:18 · Read together GEN 25:18

EXO: all 1 recorded references

EXO 15:22: RV EXO 15:22 · LV EXO 15:22 · Read together EXO 15:22

SA1: all 2 recorded references

SA1 15:7: RV SA1 15:7 · LV SA1 15:7 · Read together SA1 15:7

SA1 27:8: RV SA1 27:8 · LV SA1 27:8 · Read together SA1 27:8

Words tagged with this person or place

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GEN: 3 tagged passages

GEN 16:7: שֽׁוּר

GEN 20:1: שׁ֑וּר

GEN 25:18: שׁ֗וּר

EXO: 1 tagged passages

EXO 15:22: שׁ֑וּר

SA1: 2 tagged passages

SA1 15:7: שׁ֔וּר

SA1 27:8: שׁ֖וּרָ,ה

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