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Zur

tsur (rock, stone)
RELATED: Balaam, Gibeon, Israelites, Midian

Easton's Bible Dictionary

rock.

(1) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites defeated and put to death ( Numbers 31:8 ).

(2) A Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:30 ).

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

stone; rock; that besieges

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

(a rock)

(1) Father of Cozbi, ( Numbers 25:15 ) and one of the five princes of Midian who were slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell. ( Numbers 31:8 ) (B.C. 1451.)

(2) Son of Jehiel, the founder of Gibeon. ( 1 Chronicles 8:30 ; 9:36 ), (B.C. after 1445.)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

zur (tsur "rock"):

(1) A prince or chief (Numbers 25:15; Numbers 31:8) of Midian, father of the woman slain with Zimri by Phinehas. Joshua 13:21 describes him as one of the princes of Sihon, but the reference there is regarded as a gloss.

(2) An inhabitant of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 8:30 ; 9:36), to be connected probably, according to Curtis, with "Zeror" of 1 Samuel 9:1.

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