What does צוּר · πολλάκις mean in the Bible?
צוּר · πολλάκις is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to surround or besiege a city".
Hebrew · H6696, G4178
צוּר
To cramp , i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) · often
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צוּרH6696to cramp , i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Pronunciationṣûr
Confinement through pressure: literal siege/binding or figurative distress; God fashions, enemies besiege.
Open lexicon entry →πολλάκιςG4178often
Pronunciationpollákis
Open lexicon entry →What does צוּר (tsur) mean in the Bible?
צוּר · πολλάκις is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to surround or besiege a city".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6696, G4178?
H6696, G4178 is connected to 36 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to surround or besiege a city
Source Gloss
to surround or besiege a city
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 groups2Aligned forms10
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense9×
Participle active1Kgs 15:27 · 2Kgs 6:25 · 2Kgs 24:11 · Jer 32:2 · Judg 9:315×
ImperfectDeut 20:19 · Song 8:92×
JussiveDeut 2:91×
Sequential imperfectIsa 21:21×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action1×
Imperfect2Chr 6:281×
Word Origins
צוּר is a primitive root - no further derivation.