Shûwr — H7793

H7793 · Hebrew — שור

Pronunciation: shoor

Definition

locative proper noun

Shur, a region of the Desert

  1. Shur = "wall"
  2. a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea
    1. also 'wilderness of Etham'

Usually translated as

Shur

Origin

the same as H7791

Occurrences

Shûwr occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (1), 1 Samuel (2)

Strong's Lexicon — S