שׁוּר
shûwr · shoor
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection);
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i behold1 · 6%
- him, but not now: i shall behold1 · 6%
- me shall see1 · 6%
- who shall see1 · 6%
- any more behold1 · 6%
- shall see1 · 6%
- yet man perceiveth1 · 6%
- he looketh1 · 6%
- who then can behold1 · 6%
- and behold1 · 6%
- regard1 · 6%
- thou shalt not see1 · 6%
- look1 · 6%
- men: they lay wait1 · 6%
- will i observe1 · 6%
- him, and observed1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.