# צוּר (tsur) Israeli respelling: tsur. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H6696. 36 Old Testament occurrences. to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) King James renderings: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsur-h6696 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 23:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/22) — But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine a… - [Deuteronomy 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/2/9) — And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a pos… - [Deuteronomy 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/2/19) — And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land… - [Deuteronomy 20:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/12) — And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: - [Deuteronomy 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/19) — When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe… - [Judges 9:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/31) — And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they… - [1 Samuel 23:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/8) — And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. - [2 Samuel 11:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/1) — And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him… - [2 Samuel 20:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/15) — And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the pe… - [1 Kings 7:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/15) — For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. - [1 Kings 15:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/27) — And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Phi… - [1 Kings 16:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/16/17) — And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. - [1 Kings 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/1) — And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and… - [2 Kings 6:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/24) — And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. - [2 Kings 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/25) — And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and th… - [2 Kings 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/12/10) — And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in… - [2 Kings 16:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/16/5) — Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overco… - [2 Kings 17:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/5) — Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. - [2 Kings 18:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/9) — And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser… - [2 Kings 24:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/24/11) — And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. - [1 Chronicles 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/20/1) — And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wa… - [2 Chronicles 6:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/28) — If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege… - [2 Chronicles 28:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/28/20) — And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. - [Esther 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/8/11) — Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay,… - [Psalms 139:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/5) — Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. - [Song of Solomon 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/8/9) — If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. - [Isaiah 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/2) — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Me… - [Isaiah 29:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/3) — And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. - [Jeremiah 21:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/4) — Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king… - [Jeremiah 21:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/9) — He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Ch… - [Jeremiah 32:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/2) — For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the k… - [Jeremiah 37:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/37/5) — Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from J… - [Jeremiah 39:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/39/1) — In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, an… - [Ezekiel 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/4/3) — Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shal… - [Ezekiel 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/3) — Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. - [Daniel 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/1) — In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.