What does סוּר (sur) mean in the Bible?
סוּר (sur): To deviate or turn away from a path, standard, or person—often implies moral departure or breach of loyalty.
Hebrew · H5493
סוּר
To turn off (literally or figuratively)
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סוּר H5493
Pronunciation sur
What does סוּר (sur) mean in the Bible?
סוּר (sur): To deviate or turn away from a path, standard, or person—often implies moral departure or breach of loyalty.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5493?
The BSB source-word alignment has 299 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include turn away (17), removed (16), turn aside (12), depart (9), remove (7).
Where does סוּר (sur) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 8:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Kings (32), Isaiah (24), 1 Samuel (22), 2 Chronicles (22).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It turn away 17× 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 3:3, 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 10:31
removed 16× Genesis 8:13, Genesis 41:42, 1 Kings 15:13, 1 Kings 15:14
turn aside 12× Genesis 19:2, Deuteronomy 17:11, Deuteronomy 17:20, Deuteronomy 28:14
depart 9× Genesis 49:10, 2 Samuel 12:10, Job 22:17, Psalms 6:8
remove 7× 2 Kings 23:27, 1 Chronicles 17:13, 2 Chronicles 32:12, Psalms 39:10
away 6× Exodus 33:23, Deuteronomy 7:4, 2 Chronicles 30:9, Psalms 139:19
He removed 6× Exodus 8:31, 2 Kings 3:2, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Chronicles 14:3
I will remove 5× Isaiah 1:25, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26, Zephaniah 3:11
turn 4× Deuteronomy 2:27, Joshua 1:7, 2 Kings 18:6, Proverbs 4:27
which he is to remove 4× Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15, Leviticus 4:9
will depart 4× Exodus 8:11, Exodus 8:29, Isaiah 11:13, Zechariah 10:11
and remove 3× Genesis 30:32, Isaiah 25:8, Jeremiah 4:4
and removed 3× 1 Kings 15:12, 2 Kings 16:17, Job 19:9
is removed 3× Leviticus 4:31, Leviticus 4:35, Isaiah 6:7
taken away 3× 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35
. . . 2× 2 Samuel 16:9, Job 27:5
and shuns 2× Job 1:8, Job 2:3
and turns 2× Proverbs 14:16, Jeremiah 17:5
Come in 2× Judges 4:18
departed 2× 1 Samuel 16:14, Psalms 119:102
disregarded 2× 2 Samuel 22:23, Psalms 18:22
Get rid of 2× Genesis 35:2, Joshua 24:23
had departed 2× Judges 16:20, 1 Samuel 18:12
has removed 2× 2 Kings 18:22, Isaiah 36:7
has turned away 2× 1 Samuel 28:15, 1 Samuel 28:16
He deprives 2× Job 12:20, Job 12:24
I removed 2× 2 Samuel 7:15, 2 Kings 23:27
let him turn in 2× Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16
Put away 2× 1 Samuel 1:14, 1 Samuel 7:4
So they turned 2× Judges 18:15, 1 Kings 22:32
stop 2× 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 2:22
they have turned aside 2× Deuteronomy 9:12, Jeremiah 5:23
to move 2× Genesis 48:17, 2 Samuel 6:10
to turn aside 2× Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 11:16
turned 2× Judges 2:17, 2 Chronicles 25:27
turned aside 2× Exodus 32:8, 1 Kings 15:5
turned away 2× Nehemiah 9:19, Ezekiel 6:9
you remove 2× Joshua 7:13, Isaiah 58:9
- 1× 1 Samuel 17:46
[one] turns aside 1× Proverbs 16:6
[or] 1× Judges 20:8
and deprive 1× Isaiah 5:23
and discard 1× Isaiah 18:5
And he is to remove 1× Leviticus 1:16
and He removed them 1× 2 Kings 17:18
And I will take away 1× Exodus 23:25
and put aside 1× Deuteronomy 21:13
and removes 1× 1 Samuel 17:26
And she removed 1× Genesis 38:19
and shunning 1× Job 1:1
and so remove 1× 1 Kings 2:31
and to take away 1× 2 Chronicles 30:14
and to turn away 1× Job 28:28
and turn 1× Deuteronomy 31:29
and turn aside 1× Deuteronomy 11:28
and turn away 1× Proverbs 3:7
and turned away 1× Daniel 9:11
and went 1× 2 Kings 4:11
and whoever turns 1× Isaiah 59:15
are removed 1× Job 34:20
be removed 1× Exodus 25:15
be removed from him 1× 2 Samuel 7:15
been lifted 1× 1 Samuel 6:3
but turn away 1× Hosea 7:14
but turning 1× Proverbs 13:19
call back 1× Isaiah 31:2
came over 1× 1 Kings 20:39
can repel you 1× 2 Samuel 5:6
cast aside 1× Joshua 24:14
Cease 1× Ezekiel 45:9
Come over 1× Ruth 4:1
cut off 1× Leviticus 3:9
dethroned him 1× 2 Chronicles 36:3
disappears 1× Leviticus 13:58
Dismiss 1× 1 Kings 20:24
escape 1× Job 15:30
For I will remove 1× Hosea 2:17
Get out 1× Isaiah 30:11
go astray 1× Deuteronomy 17:17
Go away 1× Lamentations 4:15
had removed 1× 1 Samuel 28:3
has been removed 1× Numbers 14:9
has deprived me of 1× Job 34:5
has taken away 1× Zephaniah 3:15
have departed 1× Malachi 2:8
have turned away 1× Psalms 14:3
He also removed 1× 2 Chronicles 14:5
he can stay 1× 2 Kings 4:10
He forced me off 1× Lamentations 3:11
he had gone over 1× Exodus 3:4
he is to remove 1× Leviticus 4:31
he left 1× Judges 14:8
he may avoid 1× Proverbs 15:24
he shall remove 1× Leviticus 4:35
he would remove 1× Exodus 34:34
he would stop 1× 2 Kings 4:8
I have removed 1× Isaiah 10:13
I must go over 1× Exodus 3:3
I relieved 1× Psalms 81:6
I removed [it] 1× 1 Chronicles 17:13
I removed from 1× 2 Samuel 7:15
I will take away 1× Isaiah 5:5
I would remove 1× Judges 9:29
instead of 1× Esther 4:4
is abolished 1× Daniel 12:11
is about to remove 1× Isaiah 3:1
is gone 1× Hosea 4:18
is no longer 1× Isaiah 17:1
is past 1× 1 Samuel 15:32
Israel turned away 1× 2 Chronicles 20:10
Laban removed 1× Genesis 30:35
leads away 1× Proverbs 16:17
Leave us alone 1× Job 21:14
left him 1× Judges 16:19
Let her remove 1× Hosea 2:2
Let Him remove 1× Job 9:34
let us stop 1× Judges 19:11
lifted 1× Numbers 12:10
move 1× 1 Chronicles 13:13
Move away 1× Numbers 16:26
moved away 1× 1 Samuel 15:6
need to leave 1× 2 Chronicles 35:15
of the removal 1× Isaiah 27:9
Put 1× Proverbs 4:24
rebels 1× Jeremiah 6:28
rejected 1× Psalms 66:20
Remove me 1× Psalms 119:29
sent [David] away 1× 1 Samuel 18:13
separated 1× Isaiah 7:17
shall depart 1× Psalms 101:4
she removed 1× Genesis 38:14
slip 1× Deuteronomy 4:9
So banish 1× Ecclesiastes 11:10
So he entered 1× Judges 4:18
So he went over 1× Ruth 4:1
so He will take 1× Numbers 21:7
So they put away 1× Judges 10:16
so they went over 1× Judges 18:3
someone to cut off 1× 2 Kings 6:32
straying 1× 1 Samuel 6:12
Strip off 1× Jeremiah 5:10
Take away 1× Amos 5:23
Take off 1× Zechariah 3:4
that He may remove 1× Exodus 10:17
that they followed 1× Genesis 19:3
the captain 1× 1 Samuel 22:14
then put away 1× 1 Samuel 7:3
Therefore I removed 1× Ezekiel 16:50
Therefore I will remove it 1× Jeremiah 32:31
they beheaded 1× 2 Samuel 4:7
They set aside 1× 2 Chronicles 35:12
They stopped 1× Judges 19:15
they turned aside 1× Job 34:27
They will abolish 1× Daniel 11:31
They will cut off 1× Ezekiel 23:25
they will remove 1× Ezekiel 11:18
to leave 1× 2 Chronicles 33:8
to remove 1× 2 Chronicles 30:14
to remove them 1× 2 Kings 24:3
to take 1× Exodus 8:8
to turn 1× Job 33:17
to turn away 1× 2 Samuel 2:23
to wobble 1× Exodus 14:25
took them 1× 1 Samuel 17:39
turning [a man] 1× Proverbs 14:27
turning aside 1× Joshua 23:6
turning one 1× Proverbs 13:14
undone 1× Joshua 11:15
vvv 1× 1 Samuel 15:6
We have turned away 1× Daniel 9:5
when I turn away 1× Hosea 9:12
which had been removed 1× 1 Samuel 21:6
which is to be removed 1× Leviticus 7:4
who has deprived me of 1× Job 27:2
who lacks 1× Proverbs 11:22
Whoever turns 1× Proverbs 28:9
will be lifted 1× Isaiah 10:27
will be taken 1× Isaiah 14:25
will carry him away 1× Job 15:30
will come to an end 1× Amos 6:7
will leave 1× Judges 16:17
will remove 1× Deuteronomy 7:15
will take away 1× Isaiah 3:18
will turn aside 1× Jeremiah 15:5
will turn away 1× Ezekiel 16:42
would depart 1× 1 Samuel 16:23
You had turned aside 1× Deuteronomy 9:16
you have turned away 1× Malachi 3:7
you will remove 1× Jeremiah 4:1
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 8:13 וַיָּ֤סַר to removed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 19:2 ס֣וּרוּ to turn aside Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Genesis 19:3 וַיָּסֻ֣רוּ to that they followed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Genesis 30:32 הָסֵ֨ר to and remove Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Genesis 30:35 וַיָּ֣סַר to Laban removed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 35:2 הָסִ֜רוּ to Get rid of Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Genesis 38:14 וַתָּסַר֩ to she removed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 38:19 וַתָּ֥סַר to And she removed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 41:42 וַיָּ֨סַר to removed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 48:17 לְהָסִ֥יר to to move Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 8:13
Aligned rows 299
Books represented 30
Genesis 11 Exodus 13 Leviticus 12 Numbers 4 Deuteronomy 15 Joshua 6 Judges 16 Ruth 2 1 Samuel 22 2 Samuel 12 1 Kings 11 2 Kings 32 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 22 Nehemiah 1 Esther 3 Job 18 Psalms 13 Proverbs 17 Ecclesiastes 1 Isaiah 24 Jeremiah 9 Lamentations 4 Ezekiel 10 Daniel 4 Hosea 5 Amos 2 Zephaniah 2 Zechariah 3 Malachi 2
Source forms
ס֣וּר 7x sūr Job 21:14, Job 22:17, Psalms 34:14, Psalms 37:27
סָ֗ר 6x sār 2 Kings 10:31, 2 Kings 13:11, 2 Kings 14:24, 2 Kings 15:9
סָ֑רוּ 6x sā·rū 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 14:4
וַיָּ֙סַר֙ 5x way·yā·sar Exodus 8:31, 1 Kings 15:12, 1 Kings 20:41, 2 Kings 3:2
וְסָ֣ר 5x wə·sār Exodus 8:29, Judges 16:17, Job 2:3, Proverbs 14:16
וְסָ֥ר 5x wə·sār Leviticus 13:58, 1 Samuel 22:14, Job 1:1, Job 1:8
יְסִירֶֽנָּה׃ 5x yə·sî·ren·nāh Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15, Leviticus 4:9
ס֣וּרוּ 5x sū·rū Genesis 19:2, Numbers 16:26, Psalms 6:8, Psalms 139:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 30x Exodus 3:4, Numbers 12:10, Numbers 14:9, Judges 16:20
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural 19x Exodus 32:8, Deuteronomy 9:12, Judges 2:17, 1 Samuel 6:12
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 16x Joshua 11:15, 1 Samuel 28:3, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 18:4
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 15x Genesis 49:10, Deuteronomy 17:17, 2 Samuel 7:15, 2 Kings 4:8
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 14x Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 41:42, Exodus 14:25
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural 12x Genesis 19:2, Numbers 16:26, 1 Samuel 15:6, Psalms 6:8
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 8x Exodus 8:31, Judges 4:18, Judges 14:8, Judges 16:19
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 8x Deuteronomy 17:20, Joshua 23:6, Proverbs 13:19, Proverbs 15:24
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. To deviate or turn away from a path, standard, or person—often implies moral departure or breach of loyalty.
Strong's H5493
Lexical occurrences 301 verses Word forms 4 forms 179 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hosea 9:10-17 Source Gloss
to turn off (literally or figuratively)
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 179
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 113×
Perfect 1Kgs 15:5 · 1Kgs 20:39 · 1Kgs 22:43 · 1Sam 15:32 · 1Sam 18:12 · 1Sam 28:15 · 1Sam 28:16 · 2Chr 20:32 · 2Chr 25:27 · 2Chr 34:2 · 2Kgs 3:3 · 2Kgs 10:29 · 2Kgs 10:31 · 2Kgs 13:2 · 2Kgs 13:11 · 2Kgs 14:24 54×
Imperfect 2Kgs 4:8 · 2Kgs 4:10 · 2Sam 7:15 · Deut 17:17 · Gen 49:10 · Isa 10:27 · Isa 14:25 · Jer 15:5 · Jer 17:5 · Job 15:30 · Prov 22:6 · Ps 101:4 · Zech 10:11 · 1Sam 6:3 · 2Sam 12:10 · Prov 27:22 27×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 15:6 · Gen 19:2 · Isa 30:11 · Isa 52:11 · Lam 4:15 · Num 16:26 · Ps 6:9 · Ps 119:115 · Ps 139:19 · 2Sam 2:22 · Job 21:14 · Job 22:17 · Ps 34:15 · Ps 37:27 17×
Infinitive construct Deut 17:20 · Isa 7:17 · Jer 32:40 · Josh 23:6 · Prov 13:19 · Prov 15:24 · Prov 16:6 · Prov 16:17 8×
Jussive 1Sam 12:20 · Prov 5:7 · Prov 9:4 · Prov 9:16 · Josh 1:7 5×
Cohortative Exod 3:3 1×
Participle active Jer 6:28 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 61×
Perfect 1Chr 13:13 · 1Sam 28:3 · 2Chr 17:6 · 2Chr 32:12 · 2Kgs 17:23 · 2Kgs 18:4 · 2Kgs 18:22 · 2Kgs 23:19 · Isa 18:5 · Isa 31:2 · Isa 36:7 · Job 27:2 · Job 34:5 · Josh 11:15 · Ps 66:20 · Zeph 3:15 22×
Imperfect 2Chr 30:9 · Deut 7:4 · Exod 34:34 · Isa 3:18 · Isa 25:8 · Job 9:34 · Lev 4:31 · Lev 4:35 · 1Chr 17:13 · 2Kgs 23:27 · Job 27:5 · Ps 18:23 · Zeph 3:11 · Ezek 23:25 · Isa 5:23 · Isa 58:9 17×
Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 20:24 · Amos 5:23 · Ezek 21:31 · Prov 4:24 · Prov 4:27 · Ps 39:11 · Ps 119:29 · 1Sam 7:3 · Ezek 45:9 · Gen 35:2 · Isa 1:16 · Jer 5:10 · Josh 24:23 · Zech 3:4 · 1Sam 1:14 15×
Participle active Isa 3:1 · Job 12:20 · Job 12:24 · Prov 28:9 4×
Infinitive absolute Gen 30:32 · Isa 5:5 2×
Infinitive construct Isa 27:9 1×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 4×
Perfect Dan 12:11 · Lev 4:31 2×
Participle passive Isa 17:1 1×
Imperfect Lev 4:35 1×
Polel 1×
Perfect Lam 3:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
to turn aside, depart
Showing 1 selected witness from 301 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
סוּר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Used for both Israel’s apostasy and divine withdrawal. Hosea 9:10-17
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain