1. a. rocky wall, cliff, Exodus 17:6 (twice in verse) (E), Deuteronomy 8:15 (הַחַלָּמִישׁ ׳צ), Isaiah 48:21 (twice in verse); Psalm 78:15; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 105:41; Psalm 114:8; ("" חַלָּמִישׁ); ׳בּוֺא בַצּ Isaiah 2:10, בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Isaiah 2:19, ׳בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּ Isaiah 2:21, compare Exodus 33:21,22 (JE); yielding honey (from its clefts) Psalm 81:17 (compare Deuteronomy 32:13; Dy Perles^{Anal. 34} We read צוּף); as look-out Numbers 23:9 (JE), home of goats 1 Samuel 24:3 (Gi v.1 Samuel 24:2), snow-covered Jeremiah 18:14; bearing (olives for) oil Deuteronomy 32:13 (׳חַלְמִישׁ צ), Job 29:6; resort of homeless Job 24:8, pierced by miners Job 28:10, compare perhaps נְחָלִים ׳שִׁית בְּצ אוֺפִיר Job 22:24 deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most below צֹר pebble); as quarry, figurative of Abraham as ancestor of Israel Isaiah 51:1; place of security 1 Chronicles 11:15, הַמִּישׁוֺר ׳צ Jeremiah 21:13 (of city), figurative Psalm 27:5; Psalm 61:3; symbol of firmness Nahum 1:6; Job 14:18; Job 18:4; enduring material Job 19:24.

b. rock with flat surface 2 Samuel 21:10; Proverbs 30:19.

c. block of stone, boulder Judges 6:21; Judges 13:19 (as altar); compare צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל Isaiah 8:14 ("" נֶגֶף אֶבֶן).

d. rock with specific name, עוֺרֵב ׳צ Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26.

2. a. figurative of God (33 t.) as support and defence of his people (often "" אֱלֹהִים, ׳י, etc.), מָעֻזֵּךְ ׳צ Isaiah 17:10, מָעוֺז ׳צ Psalm 31:3, עֻזִּי ׳צ Psalm 62:8, מָעוֺן ׳צ, Psalm 71:3, יְשֻׁעָתוֺ ׳צ Deuteronomy 32:15 compare 2 Samuel 22:47b (but strike out, see "" Psalm 18:47), Psalm 89:27; Psalm 95:1, וִישׁוּעָתִי ׳צ Psalm 62:3; Psalm 62:7, מַחְסִי ׳צ Psalm 94:22; יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳צ Isaiah 30:29; 2 Samuel 23:3 (personified), צוּרִי Psalm 18:3; Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:3,47a, >BIBLE:Psalm 19:15>; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 92:16; Psalm 144:1, לְבָבִי ׳צ Psalm 73:26, צוּרֵנוּ Deuteronomy 32:31, צוּרָם Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalm 78:35; with בְּ essent. ׳בְּיָהּ י עוֺלָמִים ׳צ Isaiah 26:4 (compare Psalm 62:8; see ב I. 7 c); as

proper name, of deity (the Rock Deuteronomy 32:4,18 (יְלָֽדְךָ ׳צ), Deuteronomy 32:37; Habakkuk 1:12, +(perhaps) Psalm 75:6 (read בַּצּוּד, see צַוָּאר; see also מְּדָהצוּר).

b. of a heathen god Deuteronomy 32:31, compare Isaiah 44:3, מִי צוּר ׳מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א 2 Samuel 22:32 "" Psalm 18:32, compare 1 Samuel 2:2. — See also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים. — Psalm 89:44 see צֹד below III. צרר, Psalm 49:15 see צוּרָה below III. צור. above